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Radioactive soil at WWII weapons plant stalling hiking trail plans in northeast Ohio
By Associated Press
9:07 AM EST, January 26, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP) — Plans for a 101-mile hiking trail along the Ohio & Erie Canal leading to Lake Erie have run into a radioactive roadblock.
A final leg of the trail in Cleveland has been stalled by radioactive soil at a location that refined uranium for atomic bombs during World War II.
Officials say a cleanup of the 55-acre property won't be completed for four or five years. A study says the location is no imminent threat to health or the environment.
The Towpath Trail along the historic Ohio & Erie Canal eventually will link New Philadelphia in eastern Ohio with Cleveland.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
