Legoland Florida is Eco-friendly
While searching among Legoland Florida's latest press releases, I discovered that Legoland Florida is really paying attention to the environment, and is therefore doing something to prevent pollution of the ground and of the air near the construction site:
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Legoland® Florida
From Concrete to Palm Trees - Park Reuses Assets
POLK COUNTY, FL (November 18, 2010) – LEGOLAND® Florida is preventing 18,000 tons of concrete slab from entering Florida’s landfills by crushing the existing sidewalks and foundation into stones and powder. The Park has contracted with an outside company to operate a 15 ton machine to “chew up” concrete and sort it into several different sized bits. Once crushed, the gravel will be re-used in the Park as a base layer for the new sidewalks thorough Central Florida ’s newest full-day family theme park.
“It’s important to us at LEGOLAND Florida to make as little environmental impact as we build Central Florida ’s newest full-day family theme park,” said General Manager of LEGOLAND Development, John Ussher. “By recycling and reusing the concrete already on the property, we’re not only saving 18,000 tons of slab from area landfills, but doing what’s right for our business.”
Other ways the Park is reusing assets is with tree restoration and relocation. 660 oaks and palm trees from the property’s former adventure park area have been moved to an alternate location for the duration of construction. Once the diggers and back-hoes have completed their job, the trees will be relocated to their new home in LEGOLAND.
LEGOLAND® Florida opens in October 2011 and will be a 150-acre interactive theme park dedicated to families with children between the ages of 2 and 12. With more than 50 rides, shows and attractions, LEGOLAND is geared towards family fun! There are currently four other LEGOLAND Parks in the world – LEGOLAND California in Carlsbad, LEGOLAND Billund in Denmark, LEGOLAND Deutschland near Günzburg, Germany and LEGOLAND Windsor outside of London. The LEGOLAND theme parks are a part of Merlin Entertainments Group, the second largest attractions operator in the world. For the most current information, log on to www.LEGOLAND.com.
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Here you are also an official video of the work being done in this regard, directly from
I'm happy to know that Legoland cares about nature, and I surely can't wait for it to open!
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