More than $330K approved for final trash removal at nearly complete park

For more than a decade, neighbors wanted to turn an empty lot into a park.

Plans to develop the land into a park were plagued by the discovery of trash that included medical waste.

Cheryl Ladd Park is finally taking shape in east El Paso, but not before the City Council approved hundreds of thousands of dollars for the lot’s final cleanup.

City Representative Claudia Ordaz told ABC-7 more than 14,000 tons of waste has been removed in total.

The latest discovery was in October when more than 20 tons of trash was found, pushing back the completion date.

Tuesday, city council approved the more than $330,000 for that removal.

Ordaz said construction of Cheryl Ladd Park remains under budget, but it is close to the more than $1.5 million allocated.

The park is set to be complete in March with trees, walkways and a sand volleyball pit.