U.S. EPA Region 3 staff joined officials from the Department of Environmental Protection, the City of Chester, Pa., and others on Oct. 21 to commemorate the renovated and expanded Barry Bridge Park (a portion of which was once the Wade Superfund Site).

A former tire recycling facility, the site became an illegal chemical dump that erupted in a 1978 fire, sending exploding drums 50 feet in the air, and temporarily closing the Commodore Barry bridge.

Today, after years of planning and negotiation, the scenic river walk will eventually connect to the Wharf at Rivertown, the other end of the riverfront redevelopment.

10/29/2004