Developer Pays $11M for Dumping Contaminated Fill at 6-10 Connector

Route 6/10 contractor settles environmental violations with state for $11M; criminal charges dropped

Signs pointing towards Routes 6 and 10, along with Interstate 95, in Providence’s Silver Lake neighborhood. The neighborhood is one of three where children will have priority for dental care with funds secured by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha in a settlement with Barletta Heavy Division Inc. of Canton, Mass. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)The Massachusetts company accused of dumping thousands of tons of contaminate…

Developer pays $11M for dumping contaminated fill at 6-10 connector

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A construction firm involved in the redevelopment of the Route 6/10 Connector in Providence has admitted to deliberately importing contaminated soil from out of state and deceiving officials about it in 2020. Massachusetts-based Barletta Heavy Division Inc. agreed to pay an $11 million settlement to resolve environmental violations for unlawfully dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill at the construction site, R…

Massachusetts construction company to pay $11M in illegal dumping case

Rhode Island’s top legal chief says a Massachusetts construction company will pay $11 million to settle criminal charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated fill during a highway construction project.

Neronha to give update on lawsuit against construction company accused of contaminated fill dump

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Wednesday morning, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will present an update on a three-year-old lawsuit regarding the controversial construction of the 6-10 interchange. Back in January 2023, Neronha announced a lawsuit against the Canton, Massachusetts based Barletta Heavy Division. The lawsuit accused the construction firm of illegally dumping tons of contaminated fill during the 2020 construction. In a 2023…

Contractor to pay $11 million for dumping contaminated fill at Route 6/10 construction site - TPR: The Public's Radio

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has announced a settlement with a Massachusetts-based contractor that disposed of contaminated material in Providence during the construction of the Route 6/10 interchange.  Neronha says Barletta Heavy Division has agreed to pay $11 million to the state after admitting it illegally dumped tons of contaminated fill in the Olneyville […] The post Contractor to pay $11 million for dumping contaminated fil…

MA firm fined $11M for illegal toxic fill in Providence – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Barletta Heavy Division to pay $11M for dumping 4,500+ tons of contaminated fill in Providence and misleading state regulators, AG Neronha says.