Six months in the planning, Lakeland power plant to be demolished

Total Wrecking & Environmental will implode a Lakeland power plant on Saturday, Jan. 14.

According to a news release, the Buffalo, New York-based company has been working to clear the Lakeland Electric C.D. McIntosh Power Plant site for the past six months. The work involves demolition of three massive, coal-fired units that have been in operation for more than 40 years.

The first implosion phase, the release states, involves the toppling of a 260-foot stack and 90-foot selective catalytic reduction unit.