Third Time's the Charm?

Five years into a two-year plan to cap the Flint Road landfill in Charlton, Massachusetts at no cost to the town, two companies have defaulted and the board of health is preparing a $1.3 million check to hire a third. The 10-acre site has been capped with a geomembrane but still needs a soil cover. Project officials are concerned with the cap’s integrity from prolonged exposure.