Joliet mayor Thomas Giarrante looks out over Collins Street from in front of the former U.S. Steel plant office building on Collins Road Friday March 30, 2012. The city hopes to be able to get the site redeveloped. If redevelopment happens, the office building would remain because it is on the National Register of Historic Places. | File photo
Joliet mayor Thomas Giarrante looks out over the former U.S. Steel plant on Collins Street Friday March 30, 2012. The city hopes to be able to get the site redeveloped. | File photo
The former U.S. Steel plant on Collins Street in Joliet Friday March 30, 2012. The city hopes to be able to get the site redeveloped. | File photo
The former U.S. Steel plant on Collins Street in Joliet Friday March 30, 2012. The city hopes to be able to get the site redeveloped. | File photo
Joliet Mayor Thomas Giarrante said U.S. Steel still is “dragging their feet” on cleanup of the Joliet mill site. Partial redevelopment, however, could start in as soon as a year if the company makes expected progress on cleanup efforts, one state environmental official said. Giarrante …
