GOV. BOB Taft (center) and U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette share a morning chuckle with Ashtabula Area City Schools Superintendent William Licate Monday before taking a tour of the new Lakeside High School on Sanborn Road in Saybrook Township. Bill West / The Star Beacon
SCOTT CIENIAWSKI, U.S. EPA Environmental Engineer, Technical Assistance and Analysis Branch, answers a question Monday about the possible travel of polluted sediment Monday during the cleanup of the Ashtabula River. U.S. Rep Steven C. LaTourette (left) and Gov. Bob Taft listen closely to Cieniawski's response. BILL WEST / The Star Beacon
GOV. BOB Taft (center) chats with PCS of Cleveland project manager Kevin Lacey Monday during a tour of the new Lakeside High School on Sanborn Road in Saybrook Township. Bill West / The Star Beacon
U.S. REP. Steven C. LaTourette talks the importance of the Great Lakes Legacy Act Monday during a press conference announcing the construction of a containment facility to store polluted river sediment from the Ashtabula River at 600 State Road in Ashtabula Township. Left is Gov. Bob Taft. Bill West / The Star Beacon
GOV. BOB Taft (left) shares a morning chuckle with Ashtabula Area City Schools Superintendent William Licate Monday before taking a tour of the new Lakeside High School on Sanborn Road in Saybrook Township. Bill West / The Star Beacon
GOV. BOB Taft talks the importance of cleaning up the Ashtabula River Monday during a press conference announcing the construction of a containment facility to store polluted river sediment from the river at 600 State Road in Ashtabula Township. Bill West / The Star Beacon
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson (left) and Gov. Bob Taft listen Monday to Fred Leitert during the press conference to announce the construction of a containment facility to store polluted sediment from the Ashtabula River at 600 State Road in Ashtabula Township. BILL WEST / The Star Beacon
Cleaner water coming to Ashtabula River
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The project will remove an estimated 25,000 pounds of PCBs and other contaminants from the bottom of the river. Special environmental dredgers will remove the sediment, which will be pumped to the landfill via a three-mile pipeline.
When dredging is finished, a permanent cover will be installed and the site will be monitored for 50 years to make sure the contents stay put. Dredging will take about 13 months to complete, not counting a break for winter weather. Habitat restoration will be done in 2008.
Fred Leichert of the Ashtabula River Partnership said the river work has its roots in committees formed in the mid-1980s. Teamwork helped make the project a reality, officials said.
My congratulations to all the great partners, LaTourette said. Now lets move some dirt.
Taft agreed, telling the partners without your perseverance we wouldnt be here today.
Ashtabula City Manager Anthony Cantagallo, who spent many years away from the area, said he looked forward to seeing the river restored to its former glory. The river isnt the way I left it in 1956, he said.
Johnson assured the crowd the project will deliver swift and substantial results. The project will restore the financial health of the area by reviving recreational opportunities and property values, he said.
Instead of signs warning of contaminates, the river banks will once again be covered by fishing poles, he said.
Before the ceremony, Taft and LaTourette were given a tour of the new Lakeside High School on Sanborn Road in Saybrook Township.
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