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Cutler Bay council approves $12.8M site‑work contract and monitoring to begin Legacy Park remediation
Summary
After staff reported elevated arsenic across the 16‑acre Legacy Park site, the town approved a guaranteed‑maximum‑price contract and an environmental monitoring agreement to start Phase 1 remediation, while council pressed staff to tighten later‑phase cost estimates.
The Cutler Bay Town Council approved contracts to begin Phase 1 remediation of the 16‑acre Legacy Park site and to monitor soil removal after staff reported elevated arsenic in soil and groundwater.
The council on Tuesday authorized a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $12,800,000 for site work and approved a purchase order for environmental engineering monitoring. Town Manager Ralph Casals introduced the update and Emma Jones, owner’s representative from Stantec, detailed an analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives and recommended full excavation and off‑site disposal with a clean‑fill cap as the preferred approach.
Why it matters: Jones said testing showed arsenic concentrations "higher than recommended and [that] could potentially expose the community to health risks" if people traversed the site. The…
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