[CPEO-MEF] HOUSING: Taku Gardens, Ft. Wainwright (AK)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Toxic waste cleanup at Fort Wainwright housing complex deemed a success

by Sam Friedman
Fairbanks News-Miner (AK)
May 4, 2011

FAIRBANKS - The discovery of buried toxic waste delayed the  
completion and opening of the Taku Gardens housing on Fort Wainwright  
in 2005. Now, after years of cleanup, the 55-unit development could  
be ready for residents as early as October 2012, according to  
speakers at a town hall Tuesday on Fort Wainwright.

The top level of soil is now considered safe, although new tenants  
will not be able to dig wells or garden without using raised beds  
because of contamination deep in the ground, said Joe Malen, the  
Army’s cleanup manager.

The Army anticipates the private firm North Haven will operate Taku  
Gardens, but it is prepared if the company is not interested, said  
Mike Meeks, director of public works at Fort Wainwright.


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For the entire article, see
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/13135753-Toxic-waste-cleanup-at-Fort- 
Wainwright-housing-complex-deemed-a-success

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