Coal piles near the Port of Green Bay will finally be moved.
Governor Tony Evers and other state officials joined Brown County and City of Green Bay officials to celebrate efforts to relocate the piles and to witness the signing of a contract with C. Reiss Company.
The 60-year lease of the north portion of the former WPS Pulliam Power Plant Site in downtown Green Bay allows C. Reiss to move their salt piles from its Fox River Terminals to the new Pulliam Plant location.
The coal piles, located on the Fox River, will be moved to the Fox River Terminal, freeing up space for new mixed-use development.
Gov. Evers’ administration and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation supported Brown County with a $500,000 grant from the Idle Sites Redevelopment Program to buy the former power plant as part of an effort to relocate the coal piles.
Gov. Evers says relocating the coal “removes a barrier to neighborhood revitalization and a hazard to the environment and public health, improving air and water quality and overall quality of life for residents, while infrastructure improvements and updates at the site will provide a positive economic benefit to the area.”
