Soon after workers finished creating scenic trails along the Delaware, Delanco’s town lawyer received surprising news: The state agency that usually champions such projects was seeking a court order to stop it.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, a vast agency that advocates for nature and open space, was fulfilling its less-popular duty of selecting places to deposit the river’s murky dredge spoils.
Delanco’s new park was a designated dump.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120512_Delanco_fights_for_river_trails.html
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, a vast agency that advocates for nature and open space, was fulfilling its less-popular duty of selecting places to deposit the river’s murky dredge spoils.
Delanco’s new park was a designated dump.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120512_Delanco_fights_for_river_trails.html