GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The tenth year of PCB dredging in the Fox River wrapped up Thursday.
Crews have been working to remove PCBs from the sediment in a process to clean up the popular waterway.
Much of this year’s work took place from Porlier Street in Green Bay north towards the mouth of the Fox River.
Scott Stein, spokesman for the Fox River cleanup project, say work is expected to resume in spring.
This year, for the first time, some areas of sediment were capped with sand, stone or quarry spall. About 52 acres were treated in this way.
Over the past decade, more than 5.4 million cubic yards of sediment have been dredged. And, more than three million tons of sediment has been processed and taken to the landfill for disposal.
