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Fresh Kills Closes, City Seeks Master Plan Proposals

NEW YORK CITY-Yesterday afternoon, March 22, city officials were on hand to witness the last garbage deposit at the Fresh Kills Landfill. With its retirement comes remediation and the call for a Master Plan for its future.

By Betsy Kraat | Updated on March 23, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-Now that the Fresh Kills Landfill is officially closed, city officials have a new problem on their hands–the remediation of the last and arguably the worst of the city’s refuse depositories. The Department of City Planning has announced the need for a master plan. A public solicitation for proposals will be issued later this spring.

The clean-up up the 3,000 acre site that saw 14,000 tons of trash dumped on it daily, creating 200 foot high mounds and a total of two billion tons of trash is scheduled to run through July 4. Landfill sites need to be environmentally monitored for 30 years after closing before any real estate development can take place at the site. So, what exactly can one do with a 50-year-old landfill?

The city will host a competition in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, Parks and Recreation and Cultural Affairs and the Municipal Art Society, a private, non-profit organization concerned with urban planning and preservation to help get the ideas flowing. Art Grisi of EAI Environment Management Services Inc. contends the eventual possibilities for the enormous site are many.

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