[CPEO-BIF] Walton Way contamination, Augusta, Georgia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Walton Way between canal and 8th Street contaminated

by Uyen Le
Turn to 10 TV News (Augusta, GA)
January 8, 2015

AUGUSTA, Ga. - By this spring a portion of Walton Way will be closed. The area between the Augusta Canal bridge and 8th street has been deemed contaminated.

That part of Walton Way is set to be shut down to clean up polluted land caused by old factory byproduct. But, unlike the Hyde Park contamination, the city is not responsible and won't have to foot the bill this time.

The contamination of this land along Walton Way and 8th street goes back nearly a hundred years. An old factory on the site apparently produced manufactured tar that then seeped into the ground. To clean it up, the street will have to be shut down so that way crews can dig as deep as 30 feet in order to remove the contaminated soil.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.turnto10.com/story/27796718/walton-way-between-canal-and-8th-street-contaminated

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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