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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Animal Control Shelter Site or Dump Site??


I went out today to take a look at the new Animal Control Shelter site located between the Bus Barn and Recycling for Scottsboro. Site preparation is continuing and a new discovery has been made, garbage. It appears this site was utilized in the 50's, 60's, maybe early 70's time frame to dump household garbage. How much garbage has been dumped is unknown. I walked the site about 4:30PM and discovered quite a bit of garbage on the surface. Bottles, glass and plastic, cloth, decaying leather from shoes, tires, metal and various other pieces of garbage. I did not see intact batteries, however there are 5 metal drums containing an unknown liquid on the property behind the bus barn. The garbage is mixed with fill dirt. How this will affect site preparation is yet to be determined. I will contact the folks at City Hall tomorrow morning concerning this issue.
Addition Jan. 17-10AM: Contacted Mr. Curtis Davis, City Planner, Mr. Davis states, "there have been several test holes dug, the garbage and soil layer goes down approximately 6ft." Mr. Davis further stated, "the garbage/dirt mixture will be taken to the landfill and disposed of propely."

1 comment:

mmnecklaus said...

It looks like they may have changed their mind and won't build in this area. They are looking at another location between Recycling for Scottsboro and the firing range, a site previously considered but ruled out.