<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3azP6K_1FFfRrrL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3azP6K_1FFfRrrL00" width="1120" height="630" >SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WTVO) — South Beloit is set to begin environmental remediation on an 11-acre brownfield property on Shirland Avenue along the state border. The cleanup project is scheduled to start Sept. 21.The property has sat vacant for approximately 20 years. Previous operations by automotive plants and component manufacturers led to an accumulation of dangerous levels of petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil. To address the contamination, the city secured $317,000 in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency.City Administrator Sonya Hoppes discussed the effort required to obtain financial assistance for the property. “It took us a really long time to find some EPA dollars to assist with this site, but all of that is finally behind us,” Hoppes said.The cleanup process will involve clearing contaminated earth from the parcel. “Because of some of the history on this site, it’s had a lot of industrial and manufacturing uses. We do have to remove some soil and haul it to a landfill,” Hoppes said.Local officials are preparing the site for potential development once the environmental cleanup is completed. The parcel is zoned for mixed-use development and city leaders hope to attract projects such as apartment buildings that could benefit from proximity to the stadium in downtown Beloit. “It is zoned for, hopefully something, mixed use. We would love to see apartment buildings here or something that could benefit from the stadium in downtown Beloit,” Hoppes said.Hoppes emphasized that bringing new construction to the site will depend on inter-agency partnerships across the border area. “It’s going to take some unique collaborations. but really, that’s what South Beloit does. We can’t do anything on our own. We need good partners. And so we’ve already been working with the Stadium Authority, City of Beloit, and we’ll find a way to make this project development work,” Hoppes said.The remediation work is scheduled to begin Sept. 21 and is expected to take about one week to finish.All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by WTVO. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat information into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by WTVO staff before being published.</div></body>

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SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WTVO) — South Beloit is set to begin environmental remediation on an 11-acre brownfield property on Shirland Avenue along the state border. The cleanup project is scheduled to start Sept. 21. The property has sat vacant for approximately 20 years. Previous operations by automotive plants and...

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