Plans to restore the playing fields at Western Middle School — six years after they were closed because of high levels of contaminants in the soil — now include scraping off the toxic dirt and replacing it with synthetic turf. Greenwich Public Schools recently submitted an application to the town planning department for approvals on the roughly $19 million remediation plan, which has been eagerly awaited by the school community in the west end of town. The plan, drafted with the Langan Engineering consulting group, will scrape off a two-foot layer of soil at the fields, add a layer of man-made material and cover the restored area with a synthetic turf. Depending on a number of factors, the goal is to have the planned clean-up could starting in June and running 144 days, according to the engineering firm.
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