[CPEO-BIF] "Cost of Hopewell Precision [New York] fix jumps to $27.5M"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cost of Hopewell Precision fix jumps to $27.5M
Funding for Superfund site's water system remains uncertain

by John Ferro
Poughkeepsie Journal (NY) 
February 24, 2016




HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Design of a water system for the Hopewell Precision Superfund site is nearly complete.

But the long-sought remedy is taking longer than expected and will cost nearly $9 million more than originally estimated.

Nearly 13 years after the contamination of groundwater in one area of Hopewell Junction became widely apparent, Hopewell Precision remains the last Superfund site in Dutchess County without a permanent fix.


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For the entire article, see
http://mv-voice.com/news/print/2016/02/03/a-city-park-that-bans-bikes-and-trees

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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