Crews begin removing contaminated soil from Dallas' 'Shingle Mountain'
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - The city of Dallas is finishing a cleanup job that residents have been fighting for for years.
Monday, the city began removing 40,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil on land in southeast Dallas once known as "Shingle Mountain."
It's the former Blue Star Recycling site and was a dumping ground for old shingles starting in the 1970s.
A couple of years ago, the city started cleaning up the 60-foot pile of shingles and discovered the soil underneath was contaminated with lead.
The findings were documented in the city's 2021 environmental site assessment.
Once the dirt is removed, clean soil will be brought in.
The project is expected to be complete by late October at a cost of about $3 million.
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