Officials, community hail start of Gowanus Canal dredging
From Brooklyneagle.com
Brooklyn officials and community activists are praising the long-awaited start of the EPA’s dredging project of the Gowanus Canal — a Superfund site and one of the most polluted bodies of water on the East Coast.
A ceremony was held earlier this week near the historic Carroll Street Bridge, one of the few remaining retractable swing bridges in the United States, to mark the start of dredging operations in the upper portion of the canal. The EPA has anticipated that dredging in this portion of the canal will be completed in the fall of 2022. Capping of the dredged areas to seal in liquid tar and other contaminants that are too deep to be excavated is slated to be completed in mid-2023.