From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:56:57 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Community demands developers complete original cleanup agreement at Waterpointe site in Whitestone, " Queens, New York |
Community demands developers complete original cleanup agreement at Waterpointe site in Whitestone By Suzanne Monteverdi QNS (Queens, New York) December 20, 2017 Recent developments in the cleanup plans of a controversial Whitestone residential site have certain community members crying foul. The 18-acre site at 151-45 Sixth Road called Waterpointe, which was formerly an industrial zone, has been a topic of concern in the neighborhood for over a decade. Edgestone Group LLC, the site’s current owner, is working to remediate the site — which is covered with toxic soil — under the oversight of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) through the voluntary Brownfield Cleanup Program. Edgestone purchased the land in 2012 for $11 million and originally sought to build 97 two-family townhouse homes and nine additional single-family houses at the site. However, the developers changed their plans to 52 single-family homes after protests from the community. … For the entire article, see http://qns.com/story/2017/12/19/community-demands-developers-complete-original-cleanup-agreement-waterpointe-site-whitestone/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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