This Jeffco neighborhood is concerned that a proposed industrial trucking and business park will dig up uranium contamination.
The former location of a research and development site for the mining industry operated by Cyprus Amax Minerals in Jefferson County could become an industrial trucking and business park, which has nearby residents concerned and calling for the county to intervene.
investigated the site in the 1990s, finding that the residue from the extraction of components of those minerals caused issues with sediment in waste ponds and chlorinated solvents in groundwater, contaminating areas of the property. The area where the canal will be moved hasn’t been properly tested for contamination, the residents note, and if contaminants such as uranium, known to have been milled on the site, are dug up during construction, it could have detrimental health effects on those nearby. Carlson says the canal wasn’t built straight in the first place; it was originally designed to follow the contour of the land in order to keep it at the same height with the least amount of land manipulation.
“This initial project to move the canal is strictly a fill-in project,” Rada says. “In other words, they're going to bring in material from some other location and fill a certain location where that canal is going to be moved to, and then they'll install a concrete-lined canal through that material, so they're not actually intruding in this part of the project.”
Although health concerns are at the top of their minds, residents also aren’t thrilled about the idea that an industrial trucking center is moving into their semi-rural neighborhood, a place that Laffoon says attracts people who come for peace and quiet.
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