[CPEO-BIF] Rhode Island schools

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Woonsocket questions new schools bill

By Tatiana Pina
Providence Journal (RI)
February 28, 2008

WOONSOCKET - A bill introduced in the House on Tuesday would prohibit 
construction of new schools or school additions on property that is 
toxic. The bill would also prohibit housing aid from being used to pay 
for remediation of contaminated land.

In Woonsocket, where city officials and parents joined forces to get a 
bond passed in August to build two middle schools, officials say they do 
not think the bill will affect the project because the city has worked 
extensively with the Department of Environmental Management on plans to 
remediate a portion of the former mill property the city plans to build on.

Rep. Roger Picard, D-Woonsocket, said that he spoke with Rep. David 
Segal, D-Providence, chief sponsor of the bill who said that the bill 
would not affect the $80-million Woonsocket school project.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.projo.com/ri/woonsocket/content/NO_WOONSOCKET_BILL28_02-28-08_9A960FK_v21.35689e6.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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