Portion of Milford Trail Closed

A portion of the Milford Upper Charles Trail will be closed for the next few weeks to allow an EPA contractor to remove hazardous material from behind the Benjamin Moore facility.

A portion of the popular Milford Upper Charles Trail is closed to public access for the next few weeks, to allow a contractor to excavate hazardous material behind the Benjamin Moore paint plant. The work began this week and is expected to last a few more, said Mike Santora, the Milford town engineer. The segment affected is from Dilla Street to Fino Field. Special Town Meeting voters approved $70,000 in October to help pay for litigation in the matter, which involves town property. The environmental cleanup is being covered by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

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Shannon Pataky

12:46 am on Thursday, December 15, 2011

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