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Residents press council on cemetery safety, industrial rezoning impacts and traffic near Greenbrier

Hampton City Council · August 14, 2024
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Summary

Multiple residents urged the council to require soil testing at a suspected cemetery site, deliver promised neighborhood protections after industrial rezoning, and address traffic safety at Greenbrier and Shell Road; staff described steps the city is taking and explained claim procedures.

Residents used the Aug. 14 public comment period to press the City Council on several neighborhood issues, focusing on a suspected burial site at 217 Woodland Road, industrial rezoning impacts in the Greenbrier area, and persistent traffic safety concerns.

Teresa Roundy told council she had submitted FOIA records and a 2023 ground‑penetrating radar report for 217 Woodland Road and warned that disturbing soil could release arsenic, copper and mercury from historic burials. She said private ground‑penetrating radar firms lack the geophysicist qualifications to resolve cemetery questions and urged the city…

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