Over the past several weeks, it’s come to light that Water Street, the 38-acre parcel of downtown, riverfront property that the City of Ypsilanti has been trying to develop for the past 16 years, may be significantly more toxic than we’d previously been led to believe. What follows is the first of what I’m hoping […]
Tag Archives: PCBs
Why are we just now finding out the extent of the contamination on Water Street?
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged arsenic, Baseline Environmental Assessment, Beth Ernat, Biltmore, Border to Border Trail, brownfield, Brownfield plan, chemicals, Cheryl Farmer, DDCC, development, Document of Due Care and Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Farm Bureau, lead, MEDQ, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, MSHDA, native prairie, oxic Control Substances Act of 1976, pollution, toxic environment, VOCs, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Water Street Flats, Water Street Sculpture Park, West Forest 31 Comments
Water Street closed due to PCBs
I went to take the dog for a walk this evening and came across the above sign. I had no idea what was going on until I arrived home and found the following note posted to Facebook. THE BORDER TO BORDER TRAIL LOCATED ON THE WATER STREET DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY The […]
Posted in Environment, Ypsilanti Also tagged Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Water Street, Water Street Commons 14 Comments