Marco Island to Finally Remove Asbestos
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
The city council of Marco Island has finally chosen a company to remove the asbestos which has plagued the site of a future city park for months.
According to an account in the Naples News, the council voted unanimously to approve a contract with Naples-based road contractor Quality Enterprises that would authorize an Environmental Protection Agency-approved plan to remove asbestos-containing material from the site at Elkcam Circle and Park Avenue.
The asbestos landed at the site, the article explains, when it was used as a staging area during the reconstruction of a nearby road. Many questions arose as to how the asbestos got there and how the city handled the material. The controversy led to a criminal investigation and ultimately a lawsuit.
“This has been a long and arduous process,” Council Chairman Mike Minozzi said at the meeting. “I fully support this plan. I was anxious to get this done yesterday.”
The newspaper notes that a few asbestos issues remained unresolved, such as a final report on the remediation of asbestos from one area of the future park site as well as a conclusion to the criminal investigation into suspected asbestos planting on the site.
