The former Lawrence Aviation Industries site in Long Island is set for redevelopment after successfully undergoing a $50 million superfund cleanup. Nearly all of the 125-acre area has been restored, with plans for a solar farm and a Long Island Rail Road rail yard to improve branch reliability. Approximately five acres will remain a superfund site. The cleanup involved extensive demolition and removal of toxins, overseen by state and federal agencies since 1987, effectively transforming a toxic site into a community asset.
"It is a true environmental success story when an old industrial toxic site filled with legacy contamination is properly remediated and turned into a community asset," Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said. "This is what happens when government and stakeholders work together to advance the critical goal of environmental and public health protection."
"The contaminants that were poured - in some cases, not just carelessly, but aggressively - poured into the ground, is something that was a meaningful challenge," Steven Englebright, a Suffolk County legislator, said.
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