Local News

City’s settlement good for Durrs -Now what about Wingate?

   The 33311 zip code seems to have been uniquely overburdened in South Florida with a proliferation of toxic sites and industries.  Not two miles away from the Durrs neighborhood, the former Wingate Landfill and Incinerator operated by the City of Fort Lauderdale and Waste Management for 24 years,  (1958-1974,) spewed toxic ash and fumes onto the homes of Black Americans “red lined” into that  neighborhood in the 1950s. […]