[CPEO-BIF] Keith Middle School bail-out, New Bedford, MA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State offers $93M Keith bailout
Proposal includes funding for cleanup of high school

By AARON NICODEMUS
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
December 22, 2006

NEW BEDFORD - A state-funded bailout of the Keith Middle School project 
is in the works, a plan that would include funding for the cleanup of 
New Bedford High School and soil contamination in surrounding neighborhoods.

The state is prepared to pay $93 million to pay for the costs to build 
Keith, clean and remove contamination inside and outside New Bedford 
High School and pay for the cleanup of soil contamination in public and 
private properties around the schools.

The offer is conditional upon the city setting aside previously 
submitted plans to build three new elementary schools, and for the City 
Council to agree to increase funding for two other proposed elementary 
school projects.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-06/12-22-06/01local.htm

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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