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Wednesday night’s public hearing at Western Middle School brought an outpouring of support for proposed remediation of contaminated soil. The audience was representatives of DEEP and the EPA.
The proposal is to remove two feet of soil across the playing fields and vegetated slopes.
The fields have been fenced off since 2016.
Families attended an open house in the gym prior to the public hearing and were able to ask questions one-on-one with the experts.
Francia Alvarez from the Greenwich Tree Conservancy expressed support for the remediation plan, but she said she hoped as many of the existing trees could be saved as possible.
“Many trees were removed at New Lebanon School and the Tree Conservancy does not want to see that again here,” she said.
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