October 18, 2005
The state has agreed to restore a wetland muddied by a prison construction project in south Fulton County.
As part of a settlement agreement for a federal lawsuit brought by an environmental group, the Georgia Department of Corrections also agreed to pay the group $50,000 and will attempt to place about 8.5 acres into a conservation easement to prevent future development.
"We got everything, to some extent, that we wanted," said Alice Champagne, technical programs director for the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper group. "It was important for us to show that you have to pay the price when you don't abide by the law."
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