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photo by Bill

$400 Million for Radon Cleanup in Gloucester City/Camden City…The restoration of  the plot of ground at the intersection of Johnson Blvd. and Essex Street is near completion. This past Tuesday April 27, workers from the the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers were leveling the ground and planting trees. The plot has been cleared of the hazardous waste/radon dumped there many many years ago when the defunct Welsbach Factory was in operation. 

Photo of The Welsbach Factory, located at King and Essex Streets, Gloucester City. The company manufactured gas mantles.  (click to enlarge)

The Army Corps of Engineers also built a temporary football practice field and a temporary Tee-ball field in the area of the Johnson Blvd. jogging track, across from Martins Lake, so the hazardous waste from some of the playing fields at the north end of Johnson Blvd. can be removed. The temporary fields will be used during the 2010/2011 seasons. The approximate cost for the temporary fields is $50,000, according to Brian Duffy, spokes person for Army Corp of Engineers.