Cleanup of Peabody Ponds

According to The Daily Item, City of Peabody planners are busy drafting a public bid document to hire an engineering consultant for the cleanup of Crystal Lake and its neighbor Elginwood Pond.  They will also be preparing an application for the Community Preservation Act money to qualify for federal stimulus funds. Assistant Planning Director Blair Haney who heads the project for the city stated that $800,000 in state grants has gone toward designing a system to mitigate that situation.  Friends of Peabody Lakes have also been helpful in educating residents about environmentally friendly lawn solutions and getting students involved with the project. Haney will begin the process for CPA money, modify existing project permits that restrict disposal of dredged material to either the city's landfill or the golf course and do whatever possible to get the project shovel ready so to qualify for federal stimulus money.

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