[CPEO-BIF] New Westminster, British Columbia waterfront park

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Westminster plans waterfront park on toxic land


BY NEAL HALL
VANCOUVER SUN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009


METRO VANCOUVER - The City of New Westminster plans to create a 
waterfront park on land east of New Westminster Quay that was 
contaminated over the years by a coal-fired power plant and other 
industrial use.

One resident, Christopher Bell, has expressed concern that the city 
plans to rezone land as an urban park that contains a cocktail of heavy 
metals, volatile compounds and toxic substances.

"The city's own consultants have reported that the site investigation is 
far from complete and the level of risk analysis has not occurred," Bell 
said in a letter to the ministry of the environment.

But New Westminster communications manager Blair Fryer said Wednesday 
that the city plans to fully remediate the site so it's safe for public use.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Westminster+plans+waterfront+park+toxic+land/1977288/story.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>
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