A significant environmental problem is still present,
underground, at the site of the new Virginia Park Elementary School. The issue
needs to be exposed to the public, and better understood by everyone, before
construction continues; that is if the new school should be built on this site at all.
This Post is intended to "kick-start" that overdue conversation and release the, until now, secret Report.
This Post is intended to "kick-start" that overdue conversation and release the, until now, secret Report.
Here are the salient facts:
The provincial government has been in possession, since April 2015, of a
document entitled “DRAFT FINAL REPORT ON
SUPERVISION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL REMOVAL DURING SITE PREPARATION WORK”, New
Virginia Park Elementary School Site, St. John’s, NL.
As the title suggests, contaminated material has
already been removed from the area where the structure is located. But the
Report confirms that heavy metals and other dangerous metals are still
present in the soil, at least along the north and northeast boundary of the site. The area
of contamination remains undefined. The contaminants have the potential to
threaten human health.
