Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

[danbrotherston]

I biked past this site on Tuesday and some drilling was happening. Likely for testing the soil.

I won't be surprised if it is super contaminated. Not just from the busses, but likely from the previous operation that was there. I'm too young to remember what was there first.

I thought it had been remediated previously. IIRC the underground utilities in the area were all encased in concrete to reduce the risk of contamination, and this delayed the LRT construction, but the utilities were encased in concrete when the area was remediated.

I doubt...even in the 80s, the site would have been able to have been occupied like that when contaminated.