The work won't start until late August or September, which means the hotspot will have been exposed to the river for 10 months without emergency measures by the company or any level of government. This delay is far too long.
People continue to eat fish caught downstream.
Because they're starting so late, they could be stopped by the river freezing over before they can finish. This has already happened twice on previous dredging efforts on the Fox River. Only 80,000 cubic yards of the 120,000 cubic yard hotspot will be removed when they're done. Last year, roughly 30,000 was taken out, now another 50,000 will come out. This leaves 40,000 unaddressed.