(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Federal and state regulators are planning to remove more than 4 million pounds of contaminated sediments from the Milwaukee River and Lincoln Creek at an estimated cost of $20.2 million.

The sediments in Lincoln Park on the city’s north side represent the largest single source of pollution from polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the river and Milwaukee’s harbor.

The project – set to start next year – is the latest effort in Wisconsin to clean industrial chemicals from waterways flowing into Lake Michigan. More