The next downtown park is about to start...
Site work to start on 1.6-acre Belo Garden in downtown Dallas
12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, July 17, 2010
By DAVID FLICK / The Dallas Morning News
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The first visible step toward construction of another downtown park will begin Monday with removal of lead-contaminated soil from the 1.6-acre site.
Willis Winters, Dallas' assistant parks director, said soil removal from what is now a parking lot at Main and Griffin streets should take 50 days, clearing the way for construction of the new Belo Garden to begin Nov. 1.
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The lead contamination is the result of fill dirt that was brought into the site decades ago, according to Winters. Contaminated soil reaches a depth of 15 feet on some sections of the site.
The $14.5 million park is scheduled to open in early 2012.
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