Why was the playground equipment moved from Press Park, but the playground area not remediated further?
Children continue to play in “contaminated” area. Per the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Affairs, and the U.S. EPA: EPA removed the arch climber at the Press Park Community Center to address the issue of the elevated levels of lead in the soil underneath. The play equipment was removed to access the soil; then clean soil and sod were placed over the area, making the area soils safe for play. The arch climber was to be moved to another location of the Press Park Community Center, but broken bars on the climber made it unsafe for children to play, so the climber was not re-assembled. No further actions are planned for the Press Park Community Center until the remedy is implemented. • Was there a threat of run-off and migration of chemicals from the contaminated undeveloped area during the May ’95 flood? Sediments from flood waters could come from industrial properties and/or the Agriculture Street Landfill site, however, the dense plant cover on the undeveloped part of the site limits t
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