Pioneer Press Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:55:55 -0700
New Brighton / City taps state for cleanup funds
Problems for New Brighton's redevelopment project don't appear to be going away anytime soon. City leaders asked state legislators Wednesday to pitch in $6 million to help clean up contaminated land included in the project billed as the "Northwest Quadrant." Sen. Satveer Chaudary, DFL-Fridley, introduced legislation that would pay for installation of a gas-collection system and additional remediation. The city is redeveloping about 100 acres of land, which sits at the northwest corner of Interstates 35W and 694 and is split by Old Highway 8, for new homes, stores, offices and parks. The problem rests on the east side of Old Highway 8, which includes a former dump site for construction debris, said Grant Fernelius, New Brighton community development director. The city acquired the site, known as the Miller dump, sometime in the late 1980s or early '90s. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency told the city in 2005 it had to install a gas-collection system for the site because of concerns over potentially explosive methane, he said. "That was sort of a new twist in this project," Fernelius said.
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