Make your voice heard about the future of the Erie Coke property
The public is being asked to weigh in on the potential condemnation of the Erie Coke property.
The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority is considering acquiring the property through condemnation. The authority, with the Erie County Redevelopment Authority, has proposed acquiring and cleaning up the approximately 194-acre site at the foot of East Avenue in Erie.
The Port Authority is accepting public comments until Nov. 10.
Erie Coke closed in 2019 due to chronic environmental issues, leaving behind pollutants from "decades of disposing of various process waste on and over the bluff above the (Lake Erie) shoreline," according to a July 2022 report prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Erie Coke had produced coke at the site since 1925. The property had been used for other industrial manufacturing since 1833.
How to submit comments
Written comments on the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority proposal to acquire the site through condemnation are being accepted on the authority's website at www.porterie.org, under "public comment," or by mail at: Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, 1 Holland St., Erie, PA 16507.
The Port Authority additionally will hold a public hearing on the proposal at East Middle School, 1001 Atkins Ave., on Oct. 23 at 6 p.m.
With the goal of cleanup: Port Authority, Redevelopment Authority investigate Erie Coke condemnation
Contact Valerie Myers at vmyers@timesnews.com.
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