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Cutler Bay manager: legacy park phase 1 soil work nearly complete; remainder set for early 2026
Summary
Stantec owner’s representative reported Sept. 17 that export of contaminated soil at the six‑acre Legacy Park site is complete; soil import is 75% done and remaining testing will delay finishing phase 1 until January–February 2026. Phase 2 design documents are under permit review.
Emma Jones of Stantec, owner’s representative for the Town of Cutler Bay, told the council Sept. 17 that crews have finished exporting contaminated soil from the town’s six‑acre Legacy Park and municipal complex site and have imported most replacement material.
Jones said the project removed 5,381 truckloads (about 121,245 tons) of contaminated soil and that import of replacement soil is about 75% complete: the project team has brought in 6,805 truckloads (about 145,738 tons). Jones said the remaining soil import will occur at the beginning of next year, after additional testing tied to planned underground utilities and irrigation‑well locations.
“At this point, we have completed all of the soil export from the site,” Jones said. She told the council the team paused final soil import to conduct deeper soil and groundwater testing in areas where the project will dig for drainage and utilities.
Jones said final determination from those additional subsurface tests is needed before finishing phase 1; she estimated the remainder of phase 1 work will be completed in January and February 2026. Phase 2 design documents have been submitted for permit review and are under comment; Saltz Mikkelsen (design team) will update drawings as needed while contractor Kaufman Lynn proceeds with bidding and value engineering.
Councilmember Duncan asked whether the pause in soil import would delay the overall schedule. Jones responded that the hold does not create a programmatic delay because the team must test deeper areas to avoid recontaminating imported material. She also confirmed phase 2 construction is planned to run about 20 months, and the team aims to install underground utilities before the end of the year where possible.
Council members and staff said they will pursue outreach to local contractors for bidding on underground‑utility work once county permits are in hand. No budget revisions were presented at the meeting; Jones said Kaufman Lynn is continuing value‑engineering and pricing work as design comments are returned.
Photos and as‑built updates were shown virtually during the presentation. The council did not take a formal vote on the update; it received the presentation and asked clarifying questions.
