DNR awards $1.3 million for soil cleanup of af­fordable housing site in Madison

MADISON, Wis. — The City of Madison is receiving $1.3 million in funding from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to help clean up contaminated soil at affordable housing development project sites...

What You Need To Know

• The City of Madison is receiving $1.3 million in funding from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to help clean up contaminated soil at affordable housing development project sites


• There are three properties being used in the Huxley Yards redevelopment project on the city’s north side: 1846 Commercial Avenue and 905 and 1003 Huxley Street


• The site had previously been leased by the neighboring Oscar Mayer facility, where it stored fuel oil and used it as a coal yard.


• After an environmental assessment of the properties, officials found contamination...