Background

The Bridgewood Lane Area site is located 4 miles north of the city of Milwaukee along North Bridgewood Lane and North Milwaukee River Parkway in Glendale, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.  It consists of 28 residential properties in the Parkway Lawns and Bender’s subdivision, Parkway Elementary School, Glendale Little League baseball fields, and city and county-owned public access areas. 

Prior to being sub-divided into a residential area, portions of the site were used as municipal dumps. According to public records, industrial and municipal wastes such as coal and fly ash, foundry and other waste containing heavy metals, including lead and arsenic, may have ...
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