[CPEO-BIF] Cornerstone Park, Henderson, Nevada

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Henderson gravel pit to be redeveloped as park

BY HENRY BREAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL (NV)
July 14, 2011

An old gravel pit in Henderson will soon become a lakeside park,  
thanks to a federal grant the city must use or give back.

Plans for Cornerstone Park near Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway  
have been in the works since 2005, but the city is forging ahead with  
the project now in part to avoid losing out on $16 million it  
received through the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act.

The 100-acre park will be anchored by an existing, 20-acre pond  
filled with seeping groundwater and storm runoff from the surrounding  
hills.

...

Years ago, water found on and around the old gravel pit regularly  
showed significant concentrations of perchlorate, a common rocket  
fuel ingredient that was once manufactured in Henderson.

For a time, the property's nickname around City Hall was Lake  
Perchlorate, but Pohlmann said the problem has slowly worked itself  
out on its own.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lvrj.com/news/henderson-gravel-pit-to-be-redeveloped-as- 
park-125533638.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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