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Council declines to cancel $3.4M in downtown land purchases after contamination concerns; environmental tests show localized soil contamination
Summary
Mount Holly City Council heard results of environmental testing on properties under contract for a planned Veterans Park expansion, learned of limited soil contamination next to a former auto shop, and voted down a motion to terminate the purchase contracts for two parcels totaling roughly $3.4 million.
Mount Holly City Council on Tuesday heard the results of a Phase I environmental review for properties under contract as part of the Veterans Park expansion and voted against canceling two purchase contracts worth about $3.4 million.
City Manager Blanton told the council that monitoring wells installed after the Phase I report detected soil contamination adjacent to 122 East Central Avenue — the site of a former auto repair shop — and that contractor estimates to remove the contamination ranged from about $14,000 to $29,000 for the specific area tested. Blanton said the city’s examination period for the contracts was extended in recent…
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