MassDOT addresses toxic lead paint chips falling from Tobin Bridge in Chelsea
Environmental advocates in Chelsea say they are seeing less toxic lead paint chips fall to the ground from the Tobin Bridge due to mitigation effor...
Environmental advocates in Chelsea say they are seeing less toxic lead paint chips fall to the ground from the Tobin Bridge due to mitigation efforts the Massachusetts Department of Transportation put into place after hearing calls for action. A temporary netting, installed in July, has been catching chips, and frequent vacuuming has collected the flakes that fall to the ground. Inspections are also being conducted weekly. These strategies are in place as MassDOT has its eyes on a much larger project that would clean the 2-mile bridge, which carries traffic over the Mystic River between Boston and Chelsea, and remove its decades-old paint with new coatings.