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Springdale Planning Commission holding special meeting regarding Cheswick Power Plant

SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Channel 11 learned the Springdale Planning Commission is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday regarding the Cheswick Power Plant.

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The commission is considering issuing a recommendation on an application request from Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group to install a fence along the Porter Street parking lot, front lawn and the demolition permit renewal.

In a court order issued Sunday, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge John T. McVay Jr. granted a preliminary injunction requested by more than a dozen residents who are fighting to halt the implosion.

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The residents claim that they suffered significantly following an earlier implosion at the Springdale site this past summer when two smokestacks came down.

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