With the long awaited cleanup of the Newtown Creek finally scheduled to begin this fall, the public was invited to learn more about the project at two EPA information sessions held at LaGuardia Community College on October 27.
Local residents and LaGuardia faculty and staff spoke to EPA representatives and perused posters that graphically laid out the first-year activities of the 17- to 22-year-long project that is expected to cost up to $1 billion.
 

Newtown Creek, a highly polluted estuary between Brooklyn and Queens will finally be getting a clean up with the help of LaGuardia Community College. The site of industrial dumping and a 30 million gallon oil spill that started in the 1950s, Newtown Creek has become one of the most polluted waterways in the country and was designated a Superfund site last year.

The EPA will be holding two public meetings on the clean-up at LaGuardia Community College on October 27 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Urban Studies Symposium

May 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Little Theater at LaGuardia Community College. The event is free and open to the public.

Newtown Creek, a polluted industrial waterway right in LaGuardia’s backyard, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Come learn more about community and government efforts to clean up the creek and join in a discussion about classroom projects, activities and ways that LaGuardia can become more involved in revitalizing Newtown Creek.