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Old Posted May 7, 2021, 3:43 PM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
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Originally Posted by johnnyhamont View Post
If you're talking about Coletara at Main and Queen, I've seen soil testing being done on both the sites you listed.
I meant the one at Hunter, sorry.

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple View Post
Cleaning up 'contaminated' soil really isn't an issue at all. There are dozens of companies in the area that specialise in removing, cleaning and disposing of soil like this. High levels of certain chemicals will not stop a build from happening.
It's not that, it's the cost. They basically said the only reason it's an issue, is an issue of cost. The DRP basically recommended spending the extra money to dig down another floor or two because parking creates this crap podium with no life.
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