The Chapel Hill Town Council will review a concept plan for the redevelopment of 828 MLK, the present Police Department offices on April 27th. Given the public interest in this topic, we don’t know why the Council has placed the consideration of the concept plan as the very last thing on the Council agenda.
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Read the full Friends of Bolin Creek post here.
CHALT supporters are concerned that building on coal ash is an unhealthy project and we don’t know where it has successfully been done with out significant cleanup. We are not in favor of housing, and especially subsidized affordable housing at this location.
Source: Friends of Bolin Creek. bolincreek.org
Addition articles on this topic:
- Read Friends of Bolin Creek newsletter about the March 23rd decision to build a municipal services center and housing on the old landfill site.
- WRAL Article => https://www.wral.com/chapel-hill-hopes-to-build-low-income-housing-on-top-of-toxic-coal-ash-will-they-be-able-to-safely/20210637/
- DTH Article => https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/04/city-coal-ash-hazard-chapel-hill
- DTH Editorial
- Lisa Sorg Article that includes the 828 MLK Plan => https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2022/04/11/this-week-in-pollution-another-violation-for-winston-weaver-fertilizer-plant-plus-meetings-on-proposed-mine-coal-ash/#sthash.Zn1444nn.dpbs
- Chapelboro, Tara Kashgal Transparency and Trust