[CPEO-BIF] Trenton (NJ) school demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

School on tainted site will be torn down

BY ROSE Y. COLÓN
Trenton Times (NJ)
August 2, 2006

TRENTON -- It took them more than a year to decide how best to deal with 
the contaminated soil at the Martin Luther King Jr.- Jefferson School 
site, but state and school officials said yesterday that demolition of 
the partly built school will begin in two weeks.

The announcement came a week after officials of the state agency 
overseeing construction of the school on Brunswick Avenue said they were 
considering whether lifting or moving the building would be a safe way 
to expedite construction and cut costs.

"We felt obligated to explore other options, but we've concluded that 
the best way to proceed is to take the building down," said Scott 
Weiner, transitional head of the Schools Construction Corp.

Weiner said bids for the demolition contract will be received Tues day 
and that demolition work should be begin a week after that.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1154491592313100.xml&coll=5

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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