‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Wellness: by Coalitions and Compromises No New Pollution and Congestion – for now. Owner of Roof Depot Site Rejects City”'s Water Works Offer
Neighbors rally for Clean Air at the Roof Depot Site. (East 28th St. at Longfellow) By Carol Ann Pass Many East Phillips families and their children thank and appreciate the fact that the Owner of the Roof Depot Site said NO (at least for now) to the city”'s plan to interject more pollution and unwanted traffic to the already health and congestion challenged East Phillips Neighborhood. The city plan was to move all the operations of the City”'s water maintenance facility along with their fleet of 68 large maintenance trucks, many of them diesel, and the personal vehicles of their large work force into our already polluted and congested neighborhood ”“ specifically, into the current Roof Depot site at 1860 E 28th St. In pushing this plan forward, the City of Minneapolis Public Works Dept. has worked for over a decade without so much as mentioning this major plan to the surrounding residents, or considering including them in the planning process. This is disturbing [...]
