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Cooper Park construction resumes after tests show no asbestos in buried flooring; bioretention redesign planned
Summary
Town staff reported on March 5 that material found during excavation at Cooper Park tested negative for asbestos; the soil mixed with flooring fragments will be landfilled and the park’s bioretention basin will be redesigned to minimize further excavation.
Town staff said on March 5 that construction at Cooper Park will resume after testing showed buried floor material discovered on‑site does not contain asbestos. The material was found in a stockpile area used during construction of a bioretention basin near Saint Paul Avenue; GZA performed 18 samples and reported that the material is not asbestos‑containing and that tested concentrations were below Massachusetts reportable thresholds for the contaminants analyzed.
Because the soil is mixed with fragments of the former flooring, the project team told the…
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