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DULUTH - More than three years and $165 million later, the once polluted U.S. Steel grounds along the St. Louis River are nearly set to welcome visitors.
Open next summer, the 92 acres of permanently protected green space will include a 2-mile trail extension along the water, a 1-mile wheelchair-accessible loop circling a peninsula, bridges and interpretive signs honoring the Anishinaabe's ties with the river.
"What was once a really important thriving industrial site, had, of course, the impact of ecological degradation and pollution," Duluth Mayor Emily Larson said during a tour of the area Wednesday via the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad.
"And with U.S. Steel and the [Environmental Protection Agency], we are now able to re-envision something so different here -- very healthy -- that is still in keeping with the heritage of this community, and our land and our...