At the same time the state is rebuilding Interstates 81 and 690 through Syracuse, city planners are starting a conversation to reimagine some of the most contaminated properties along those corridors.
The city of Syracuse has two $200,000 state planning grants intended to win a designation called a “Brownfield Opportunity Area” for two different parts of the city.
They have drawn a line around two areas: East Adams/South Salina, west of I-81; and Erie Boulevard East, along both sides of I-690…