HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials highlighted federal funding Monday to reclaim and restore land impacted by coal mining in Luzerne County.
In Hanover Township, US Senator Bob Casey pledged more than $1,300,000 in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
It will be used to reclaim 3,000 acres of abandoned mine land for the construction of the Lower South Valley Energy Park.
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"These abandoned mine lands pose serious health and safety hazards and are a significant burden on communities like Hanover Township or so many other communities in the northeast," Senator Casey explained.
Almost half a million Pennsylvanians live within a mile of an abandoned mineland.
43 of our 67 counties have abandoned mine lands.
