[CPEO-BIF] Radioactive slag in Lewiston Road, Niagara Falls, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

City going to bond holder with Lockport Road repair issues

By Mark Scheer
Niagara Gazette (NY)
April 4, 2012

NIAGARA FALLS - The city of Niagara Falls has contacted the bonding  
company for the reconstruction of Lewiston Road to express its  
concerns about the pace of the project.



The contractor hired to rebuild the road said Wednesday his firm  
remains "ready, willing and able" to finish the job but the city  
needs to do a few things on its end before his company can do so.

...

Pfeiffer suggested the need to remove significant amounts of  
radioactive slag materials from beneath Lewiston Road caused the  
overall project budget to far exceed initial estimates. What started  
out as a $7.7 million project is now expected to cost at least $15  
million, roughly double the original amount, according to Pfeiffer.

...

For the entire article, see
http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x2108287861/City-going-to-bond- 
holder-with-Lockport-Road-repair-issues

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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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