Consultant flags mine subsidence, expansive soils as major hurdles for Junction development
The condition survey cited lateral coal mine subsidence affecting roughly 25 acres and high-risk expansive soils that will require substantial fill and foundation work, increasing development costs and justifying urban renewal treatment in the consultant's view.
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During the condition-survey presentation, Andy Arnold said the Junction parcel includes a concentrated zone of lateral coal mines and expansive soils that together make development technically challenging and expensive. "All of that has lateral coal mines underneath of it," Arnold said, and added that subsidence means developers would need to "either fill them in or do a lot of foundation work" to avoid future collapse.
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