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Since 2003 residents of Oyster Bay have had limited access to one of their oldest and most popular parks due to contaminated soil that posed an environmental risk. During that time access to The Bethpage Community Park was strictly limited to paved areas only.

The team given the responsibility of getting the park cleaned and able to re-open again was Posillico Environmental. With roots in Long Island, and a reputation for solving complex environmental issues, Posillico was tasked with the major clean-up and restoration effort. Before on site work began, the town cited 130,000 tons of hazardous and non-hazardous soils throughout the park that needed to be excavated. In the early phase of the project however, Posillico discovered an additional 45,000 tons of soil that needed to be remediated, bringing the total volume to a whopping 175,000 tons.