Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England

Wood / Slocum Street Area Cleanup

The Acushnet River just south of Main Street to just south of the Wood / Slocum Street Bridge was redirected to allow the excavation of around 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated PCB sediment from the river bed. The excavation was done in 2003. Shoreline restoration and replanting was completed in the spring and summer 2003.

• Harbor Cleanup News, Early Cleanup Work Begins, October 2002 (PDF) (2 pp., 239 KB, about PDF)

  • Trabalhos de Limpeza Começam em Breve, Outubro 2002 (PDF) (2 pp., 243 KB, about PDF)
    (this is the portugese version of the same fact sheet)

• Harbor Cleanup News, Early Cleanup Continues, February 2003 (PDF) (2 pp., 143 KB, about PDF)

Acushnet River north of Wood / Slocum Street	Construction of the North Berm across the Acushnet River	Construction of the South Berm across the Acushnet River	Acushnet River looking south	View of South Berm from Wood / Slocum Street Bridge
Temporary access road construction along Acushnet River's western shoreline	Temporary access road construction along Acushnet River's western shoreline	Acushnet River north of Wood / Slocum Street: river flow redirected in two pipes and water pumped out	Removing contaminated sediment north of Wood / Slocum Street Bridge	Removing contaminated sediment north of Wood / Slocum Street Bridge
Removing contaminated sediment north of Wood / Slocum Street Bridge	Post-excavation conditions east shoreline north of Titleist lot	In-river excavation at former lumberyard area	Excavation south of the Wood / Slocum Street Bridge	Loading contaminated sediment into truck for transport to Sawyer Street, New Bedford
Decontamination of truck at Sawyer Street, New Bedford

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