en.Wedoany.com Reported - Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) recently held an event at William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor to announce progress on contaminated sediment cleanup projects in the Detroit River and Rouge River. These projects, funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aim to address the status of both rivers as Areas of Concern (AOCs) due to decades of industrial pollution and urban runoff.

One major new project is the Monguagon Creek–Upper Trenton Channel cleanup in Riverview, Michigan. Scheduled to begin this year and last two years, the project will excavate and cap approximately 28,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment. It is funded through a partnership between the EPA and Bridgestone Americas, Inc., and led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Officials also announced two new cooperative agreements. These will evaluate restoration alternatives for the Harbortown shoreline area in Detroit and set cleanup targets for the remaining portions of the Detroit River Area of Concern. The related work is expected to support the subsequent remediation of approximately 800,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment.

The event also confirmed the completion of the final dredging phase of the Lower Rouge River Old Channel. Through an $84 million cost-sharing partnership between the EPA and Honeywell International Inc., the project removed over 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment.

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