By Ted Hayes

Brayton Point towers' implosion delayed until 2019

Posted 11/1/18

East Bay residents will have to live with the Brayton Point cooling towers for at least two more months.

The two towers were scheduled to be demolished some time in November as part of the …

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By Ted Hayes

Brayton Point towers' implosion delayed until 2019

Posted

East Bay residents will have to live with the Brayton Point cooling towers for at least two more months.

The two towers were scheduled to be demolished some time in November as part of the decommissioning of the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset. But a staffer in the Somerset building official’s office said Thursday that that the towers' implosion, set to be carried out by Atlantic Coast Dismantling in Boston, has been postponed until some time after the first of the year. Officials in Somerset do not have an exact date, she said.

The decommissioned coal-fired power plant closed earlier this year. Its towers rise 497 feet — taller than any building in Providence. The plant was purchased in January by Commercial Development Company by its former owner, Dynergy Inc.

— Ted Hayes

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