Asbestos found near playground in new park above controversial Rozelle interchange

Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in sample taken from mulch, Transport for NSW says

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An expansive park built above Rozelle’s multibillion-dollar spaghetti junction interchange has been closed after asbestos was found in garden mulch around a children’s playground.

Transport for New South Wales has called in contamination experts to assess the Rozelle parklands, which opened last month.

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