$165 million cleanup of US Steel's Duluth Works nears completion, St. Louis River Alliance celebrates

Kris Eilers, St. Louis River Alliance Executive Director, with Mayor Larson on LSMRR Train viewing the cleanup work at US Steel Superfund Site

Kris Eilers, St. Louis River Alliance Executive Director, with Mayor Larson and Breanna Ellison, City of Duluth Community Relations Officer and St. Louis River Alliance Board Member

The once-polluted Duluth riverfront U.S. Steel Superfund Site in Morgan Park is set to re-open next summer with new trails and wildlife habitat after $165 million in cleanup efforts.

This past Wednesday, October 25th, St. Louis River Alliance Executive Director Kris Eilers joined Mayor Larson and city leaders aboard the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad to view the nearly completed projects. The finished projects will provide new public access to the St. Louis River and extended recreational trails.

The St Louis River Alliance gives thanks to the neighbors and many project partners for their vision and collaboration to see the site cleaned up and reclaimed.

“The Alliance has been working to help connect people back to the river, and now that some of these projects are being completed, we look forward to helping provide more opportunities to access the river... Community participation, partnerships and problem solving led to the success of these projects and we are so grateful to be here to witness the recovery of a once degraded waterway.” said Kris Eilers

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