MARLBOROUGH – Work continues to convert the former landfill on Hudson Avenue into a recreation area.
On Monday, July 8, the City Council’s Finance Committee approved a bond of $500,000 to remediate a portion of the former landfill.
According to the Department of Public Works, the southwest waste area of the site has been dug up, and it will be sealed with a new cap. Once the cap is in place, fields would eventually be installed on top.
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“I’m glad to see it’s going to be remediated,” said City Councilor Mark Oram.
Work should be completed by this winter, according to the DPW.
The request will be sent to the full City Council, which will meet on Monday, July 22.
About the landfill
The landfill was closed, and capped, in the early 1980s.
According to the DPW, the city had planned to build a recreational complex at the former landfill in 2014. However, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection halted the project, citing a lack of monitoring by the state and the city.
That led to several years of “assessment and design work,” said City Engineer Thomas DiPersio Jr.
In 2020, the city approved $3 million toward capping the landfill.
The city began work in January of this year.
After this project is completed, DiPersio said the city will continue to monitor the site; he does not foresee any further remediation at the site in the immediate future.
