They have since removed some 840,000 tons of contaminated soil and 41,000 tons of sediment, brought in 30,000 clean tons of sand for capping contaminated sediments and created a 24,000-square-foot living shoreline. The company promised to take care of all soil contamination on site, revegetate the shoreline and completely clean the sediment. It asked Encore Boston Harbor if it would replace the planned sheet piling with a living shoreline. When the casino licensing process began, the Mystic River Watershed Association asked applicants what they would do for the local environment.
The work involved cleaning soil, dredging contaminated sediment and creating a living shoreline along the Mystic River. Windy Pham (Encore), John Tocco (Encore), Patrick Herron (MyRWA), Chris Gordon (Encore), Natalie Brown (Encore) and Tom Philbin (City of Everett) at the Environmental Merit Award Event.Įncore Boston Harbor, a resort and casino in Everett, completed a $68 million cleanup and restoration at the former Monsanto chemical factory site.
