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Article: State bond allots $12 million for Neponset River cleanup
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2008
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CITY WEEKLY / DORCHESTER / HYDE PARK
The health of the Neponset River is in line to receive a big
boost with the passage of a $1.7 billion environmental bond bill
that includes $12 million to clean up and restore the Lower Neponset
River Watershed. .
The measure passed the state Senate and House on July 31, and
last week was awaiting the signature of Governor Deval Patrick. If
the Neponset money survives the governor's line-item veto process,
it is expected to allow the state to remove polychlorinated
biphenyls, or PCBs, from the waterway and the riverbed. PCBs are
industrial toxins known to cause cancer.
A citizens advisory committee, composed of representatives from
cities and towns in the ...