[CPEO-BIF] Dredge spoils to New York City parks

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Foes harbor fears of dredging; critics say sand may be hazard

Adam Lisberg
New York Daily News
June 21, 2009


Mayor Bloomberg's economic development team has a grand plan to dredge 
sand from the bottom of New York Harbor and dump it into new parks - 
including one on the site of the old Yankee Stadium.

But not everyone believes it will be safe.

The sandy material, mixed with cement and tested for dangerous 
chemicals, is already used in one Bronx park and is scheduled to be 
dumped at the new Brooklyn Bridge Park.

And when the old Yankee Stadium comes down, city officials want to fill 
the empty lot with 220,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the harbor. 
It is being removed to accommodate bigger ships.

The city Economic Development Corp. says everybody wins: Dredging 
companies pay EDC $5 per cubic yard to accept the sand instead of far 
more to dump it in a landfill, while the city avoids paying $60 per 
cubic yard for regular dirt.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/21/2009-06-21_harbor_plan_dredging_up_critics_fears_say_mikes_idea_to_use_dirt_for_parks_may_b.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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