MassDOT, Construction Firm Interested in Stanley Park Lots
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Site 9 redevelopment project is close to being finished with only some final amendments before approval.
"Site nine redevelopment project, if you look out there, you can tell we're getting very close to being completed. What's going on now is we're working with Mass DEP and the EPA to finalize the amended ERE," said Executive Director Michael Coakley at last week's meeting of the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority.
The ERE refers to the "easement and restriction for environmental conditions" at the site, required by the state's Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The amended documents will be sent to the state for approval before transferring the property to Mill Town.
"Hopefully, within a couple weeks, we're going to be all set, and then we sign that and send it off to the commissioner of DEP, and then she will hopefully approve it right away. And then everything will be set, and then we can do the transfer of the property, the 4.7 acres, to Mill Town," Coakley said.
Coakley brought up the negotiations with state Department of Transportation to use the parking lot adjacent to the Berkshire Innovation Center as a training site for commercial driver's licenses and motorcycles, noting the agency is still interested.
He also brought up the parking lot at Silver Lake Boulevard that is of interest to be used by Ludlow Construction.
"Ludlow Construction, it's going to be doing major work on the West Street project coming up, and they are looking for an area to store their equipment materials, and they've contacted me about leasing that parking lot," Coakley said.
The board authorized Coakley to negotiate the terms of a licensing agreement for Ludlow Construction.
Coakley also said leases with these two organizations will bring about $60,000 annually.
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