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Resident urges village action after soil tests show contamination at Sedgwick Park
Summary
Resident John Pluto told the La Grange board that soil sampling at Sedgwick Park found contamination across roughly five acres and urged the village to press utility companies and regulators to ensure proper remediation and assess drainage impacts.
John Pluto, a La Grange resident who lives at 718 East Avenue, told the village board on June 23 that recent soil samples at Sedgwick Park returned contamination across about five acres and warned the board that proposed park grading could worsen drainage and affect nearby properties.
"Five acres of the park came up dirty," Pluto said, describing a 2024 timeline of testing and saying the EPA has identified remediation options that include "pull[ing] three feet of soil out of the contaminated area and replac[ing] it with a barrier and clean dirt" or placing three feet of clean soil on top of…
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