El Paso City Hall demolition: Cleanup to begin immediately

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It's happening today.

The long-anticipated, much debated demolition of the old City Hall building is happening at 9 a.m. today -- the day after the two Asarco smokestacks were toppled.

About 400 pounds of dynamite will be used to implode the former City Hall, a 34-year-old, 10-story building. The demolition is expected to produce a giant cloud of dust and leave behind about 1,000 truckloads of debris.

The city's street sweepers, as well as crews with leaf blowers and brooms, will begin to sweep up dust immediately after the blast, said Raymond Smith, the project manager for a ballpark that will be built on the site by C.F. Jordan/Hunt Construction.

Smith said the cleanup will begin at the farthest

"All that will fall is dust, no debris," he said. He added that cleanup workers will also be on nearby rooftops clearing up the dust.

Demolition crews have said that the implosion will be contained and that the rubble will remain within the site. Most of the debris will end up in the city landfills.

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