[CPEO-BIF] "Millrace housing development remediation project to go to bid, " Goshen, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel]

Millrace housing development remediation project to go to bid

By JOHN KLINE 
Goshen News (IN)
July 14, 2015 

GOSHEN - Another major hurdle for the much anticipated 15-lot co-housing development along Goshen’s millrace could soon be cleared following a meeting of the Goshen Redevelopment Commission Monday afternoon.

During the meeting, the commission received an update regarding a planned environmental remediation project at the site - a former brownfield - that will require removal of approximately 2,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil from various locations throughout the site before construction on the planned housing development can begin.

According to Becky Hershberger, brownfield coordinator for the city, the current goal is to issue bid specs for the remediation project on Friday. Her department is still waiting on finalized numbers from project developer Brads-Co Engineering and Surveying regarding the quantities of clean back-fill that will need to be brought back on to the site once the contaminated materials have been removed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.goshennews.com/news/local_news/millrace-housing-development-remediation-project-to-go-to-bid/article_d162b86b-991b-5d20-9ff4-576c1ac66036.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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