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T power plant is cleaned up after long delay
By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff | December 25, 2005
After nearly a decade of delays and lawsuits, the cleanup of the contaminated South Boston MBTA power plant site on East First Street is finally complete, according to T officials.The site, which was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos and lead-glazed bricks, was a longtime blight on the neighborhood, residents say.Now, with plans to turn the site over to the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a possible park, neighbors still have questions about local air quality.
''But anything has to be better than what was there," said Frances Devlin, 65, an East Third Street resident long involved in monitoring the cleanup project.Neighbors took an active role in the process in its early stages.
But after many delays and changes in the project, including concerns over the us...