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Webb Road Site
Grand Island
A 24.32-acre group of vacant and underused parcels at Baseline Road and Grand Island Boulevard entered New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program after investigations identified environmental impacts requiring additional study and remediation. The record gives Grand Island its first site-specific brownfield entry in the atlas.
The documented story
What happened here?
The Webb Road Site consists of three parcels totaling 24.32 acres near Baseline Road and Grand Island Boulevard. The land was vacant or underused when Rivertown Center Holdings applied to enter it in New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program.
Earlier environmental work prompted the applicant to propose additional investigation and remediation before redevelopment. The state brownfield file, rather than the wider Webb Road neighborhood, defines the place represented by this marker.
Chronology in context
Turning points in the public record
Before 2021
Environmental assessments and a Phase II investigation evaluated the three undeveloped parcels and identified conditions requiring further work.
2021
Rivertown Center Holdings applied to enter the 24.32-acre property in New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program.
June–July 2021
DEC opened the application for public comment and established the Grand Island Memorial Library as a document repository.
Brownfield program
Additional investigation, remedy selection, cleanup, and redevelopment review proceed through the state site file.
News record
Major news events
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Three Grand Island parcels enter public brownfield review
DEC opened the 24.32-acre Webb Road application for comment and established a local document repository, beginning a parcel-defined investigation rather than labeling the wider neighborhood a cleanup site.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ↗Environmental record
Documented impacts
- The brownfield application describes the property as environmentally impacted and requiring additional investigation and remediation.
- The documented site is limited to three identified tax parcels; evidence does not support extending the marker to surrounding homes or the broader Webb Road area.
- Contaminants, affected media, and cleanup boundaries should be reported from the latest DEC investigation and decision records rather than inferred from former land use alone.
Response
Cleanup and controls
- Participation in the Brownfield Cleanup Program provides state oversight for investigation, remedy selection, cleanup verification, and any required long-term controls.
- Future redevelopment must be evaluated against the remedy and the level of use approved by DEC.
- The DEC document repository remains the authoritative source for current milestones and completion status.
Then and now
The site today
Webb Road is an active brownfield record, not a completed cleanup. The atlas should update its status when DEC posts a remedial investigation, decision document, certificate of completion, or site-management requirements.