[CPEO-BIF] Bloomfield, New Jersey "is turning a former glass factory into a waterfront park"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

N.J. town is turning a former glass factory into a waterfront park


By Gianluca D’Elia
NJ Advance Media 
March 25, 2019

A children’s park and a soccer field will soon replace an industrial brownfield, formerly site of the Scientific Glass Factory in Bloomfield, that residents have seen as an eyesore for years.

The town held a groundbreaking for the long-awaited Lion Gate Municipal Complex earlier this month, and officials say the waterfront park along the Third River is part of a plan to restore important wetlands that will reduce the impact of floods in the area.

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The municipal complex is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the town’s recent history, the mayor said. The first phase of the construction, which includes planting an artificial wetland, is set to be completed by September. More than 500 trees and shrubs will be planted in the new wetland along Lion Gate Drive and in existing woodlands, the mayor’s office said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/03/nj-town-is-turning-a-former-glass-factory-into-a-waterfront-park.html

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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>
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