Work continues JERSEY CITY, N.J. July 16, 2010 – Work continues at the Garfield Avenue site and initial cleanup operations will be fully under way later this month. Excavation of impacted materials has begun in certain limited ways and this activity will expand during the next several weeks. Yesterday the sidewalk on Garfield Avenue adjacent to the site was closed to pedestrians. Upcoming activities and events include: • Demolition of certain areas of the 900 Garfield Avenue concrete slab is likely to begin as soon as July 19th; • An operational test of the procedures for removing debris and excavated materials via truck is scheduled for Tuesday July 20th with approximately 500 tons of impacted materials scheduled to be transported off site that day. • Daily removal of excavated soils and debris will likely begin the week of July 26. Trucks hauling impacted materials from the site will exit the site on Carteret Street and turn left toward Halladay Street where they will turn right and proceed to Caven Point Road. From Caven Point, trucks will turn left on Garfield Avenue and travel to Bayview to access the turnpike. All loads with impacted materials will be lined and securely covered. Trucks will be washed twice before they leave the site so that no impacted material that may have been on the trucks outside of the liner will leave the site. The scheduled operating hours for cleanup activities are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays and on occasional Saturdays.
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