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The known remediation sites include the following:
Crooker and Sons, Inc., on State Route 196
Maine Recycling, an uncontrolled site on State Route 196
Topsham Municipal Offices at 100 Main Street
Pine State Safety Lines, Inc., at 115 Main Street
BDP Range at Water Street (Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path)
People Plus at 6 Noble Street (Brown Fields Program)
Christy’s #332 at 152 Maine Street
Cressey Motors at 148 Pleasant Street
Former Irving Service Station at 156 Pleasant Street
Most of these sites are likely contained or were previously remediated and do not
pose a threat to the BNAS redevelopment project. However, it is expected that issues
related to hazardous sites will be considered in more detail when acquiring ROW for
any option advanced to the design and construction phases.
2.4 Socioeconomic Resources
This section describes the existing conditions of the socioeconomic resources in the
Study Area. The socioeconomic resources inventoried for this Feasibility Study
include economy and demographics; cultural resources; parklands and recreation;
conservation land; properties that have been acquired or improved under Section 6(f)
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act; and properties that may
qualify as a public park or recreation area under Section 4(f) of the National
Department of Transportation Act of 1966.
2.4.1 Economy and Demographics
This subsection discusses employment and demographic data for the Towns of
Topsham and Brunswick and the Brunswick Labor Market Area (LMA). The sources
of data used in preparing this report are as follows, and the information obtained
from these sources is considered reliable:
Understanding the Impact, Closing Naval Air Station Brunswick, prepared in January
2007 by the Maine State Planning Office, includes a Regional Economic Models,
Inc., economic model that forecasts population and employment changes in the
Brunswick LMA as a result of the base closing between 2006 and 2015. 5
Brunswick Naval Air Station, Housing Disposition and Redevelopment Plan, prepared
in August 2009 by Development Synergies LLC and other associated firms for
5 Regional Economic Models, Inc., produces a dynamic model of the Maine economy at the county level and is used to
forecast the impact of different economic and market changes.
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