BELLINGHAM — A $35 million environmental cleanup effort of a polluted Bellingham waterfront site could begin as early as July.
The Bellingham Herald reported that the Port of Bellingham Commission approved a contract for cleaning up the Whatcom Waterway Tuesday. American Construction Company of Tacoma will do the work.
The project is the largest cleanup the port will have taken on related to contamination from the former Georgia-Pacific Corp. pulp, chemical and tissue operations. The cleanup was held up for more than a year while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the port resolved issues with the Lummi Nation’s concerns.
The first work on land can start in July, and then from Aug. 1 through March 14, 2016, crews will be allowed to work in the waterway.
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