To have toxic soil removed from Merrie Christmas Park, concerned citizens would have to pay about one third of the $175,000 cost, say Miami City Commissioners. Otherwise the city will pay for burying it under two feet of clean fill, which they say is safe and practical. Neighbors of the park, which is now basically a giant biohazard, are understandably quite miffed. [Miami Herald; Toxic parks coverage]
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