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Residents urge Glenview to press Navy for safer plan and alternate truck routes for landfill remediation
Summary
Several Westgate residents told the Village Board they oppose the Navy's planned excavation and haul route for a former landfill and asked Glenview to demand a safer remediation method, an alternate (non-residential) truck route and independent oversight.
Dozens of residents pressed the Glenview Village Board on March 19 to push the U.S. Navy for clearer answers and safer controls around a planned remediation of a former Navy landfill.
John Sopoci, president of the Westgate Homeowners Association, told trustees the Navy's plan calls for digging up what the Navy describes as decades-old wastes and transporting them through neighborhood streets, with an estimated 20 to 30 truck trips per day for multiple weeks. He said neighbors received limited information at the Navy's open house and urged the village to press for an alternate route through nonresidential…
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