Posted May 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
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CBC's take on the tar ponds makeover
There's some information in this one that wasn't in the other, and vice versa.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/07/ns-sydney-tar-ponds-park.html
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Sydney tar ponds' green future takes shape
Last Updated: Friday, May 7, 2010 | 9:22 AM AT
CBC News
One of Canada's most notorious contaminated sites may be transformed into a park, playground and concert space.
Municipal politicians in Sydney, N.S., got a glimpse of the future without the Cape Breton Island city's tar ponds and coke ovens Thursday.
Consulting firm Ekistics Planning and Design showed off its plans for the site once the contaminated sludge is mixed with cement and covered by 2014.
"What we're trying to create is a long-term legacy for the community in much the same way that 100 years ago this parcel of land created the growth and optimism for Sydney," Rob LeBlanc, president of Ekistics, told Cape Breton regional councillors.
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