Bring on the Sludge, Say Some Red Hook Residents

A group of Red Hook residents say they are in favor of a controversial part of the Gowanus Canal cleanup plan because they believe it will bring jobs to Red Hook, The Brooklyn Paper reported. Residents of neighborhoods surrounding the canal are fighting over a plan to encase the canal’s poison sludge in concrete and use it to enlarge a pier in Red Hook. “This is something to look forward to,” said coalition member Ray Hall of the idea. “People can change their lives tremendously by having a job.” Federal officials say the plan would bring 60 jobs to Red Hook over six years. The EPA will release its final plan this summer.
Sludge Fight! [Brooklyn Paper]
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