Hate to say it, but this doesn't mean much. $600G is going to go for consultants to look at some properties and make recommendations that may or may not be followed, depending on where the (much greater amount of) money is coming from to follow up. The other $800G for Oklahoma City- a good idea, but a single cleanup can easily exceed that, so depends on loan arrangements!

The City of Milwaukee spent $21.7 million in the testing and clean-up of their brownfield properties.

One of which is next to Miller Park, (home of the Milwaukee Brewers). The only way to clean up these sites is to make it worth while for businesses to move in.

Question : " Cleanup the environmental contamination that likely led to their abandonment " .

Answer : Their abandonment had nothing to do with environmental contamination. They were abandoned because Route 66 in most places became Interstate 40.

And when the traffic was rerouted to I-40 , these businesses saw a sharp decline in sales. As a result, they could no longer stay open and subsequently closed.

If there is any environmental contamination, it is because the businesses are no longer open.

The picture of the Gas station in the image is actually 100 miles West of Oklahoma City, near the Texas border.

So, this is all bogus b.s. The money is earmarked for another pork belly project.

On the other side of the coin, a big part of the charm / nostalgia of Route 66 is all of the old service stations and crumbling buildings along the route.

What's actually going on here is where developers will tear down the old buildings and put up new tourist trinket shops selling all sorts of Route 66 memorabilia that is made in China, that is sold to tourists for $20.00 dollars or so and ends up in the Free box at your local neighborhood rummage sale.