OUTDOORS: Grand rebirth of a dump

Some 75 acres of a former landfill in East Hempfield Township will soon offer the public 2.5 miles of trails, woods, meadows and a picnic area along Little Conestoga Creek.

Updated Jun 08, 2009 14:20

Lancaster

From dump to trail

Ad Crable and Joel Lehman / New Era

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Did the county give them any "Clean and Green" money or did that just go to Fry's proposal to pollute EHT by moving and expanding the rail yard to a track of land adjacent to a residential area and our new park?
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rogueGOP

"The authority bought the 75 acres of open and forested land in 2002 because it wanted to protect itself from liability and control the use of the property, "

None of that has changed. Timing is interesting, since it has been allowed to fester for decades. Does it still reek of decay back there? Clean up the leachate seeps?
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salty

Yes it will... be interesting to see who use's this land and to see how it... Fairs through the years.... Will see how many police calls it draws before we celebrate....As for the college...I dont see it as a plus...???
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