[CPEO-BIF] Bronx, New York athletic field

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bronx field now city's $14M blunder land

By RICH CALDER
New York Post
January 19, 2010

A city plan to rebuild one of The Bronx's biggest sports fields has 
morphed into a money pit for taxpayers.

Workers renovating Harris Field in Bedford Park recently uncovered 
contaminated soil under the playing surfaces, helping push the 
anticipated cost to nearly $14 million, city officials told The Post.

The price tag for the renovation had already gone from the $6.6 million 
announced in 2007 to $8.7 million, records show.

Now the Parks Department is confirming that it has to add another $5.2 
million for cleanup because of the high levels of lead unearthed while 
workers were preparing to install drainage-system tanks needed to 
restore the popular park's six playing fields.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/bronx/bx_field_now_city_blunder_land_fP9sx9ivS22HpMsdpaFSeN

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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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