{"id":5839,"date":"2025-04-25T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2025-04-25T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T21:57:49","slug":"coal-ash-found-to-be-even-more-toxic-but-the-council-approved-the-brownfields-agreement-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolincreek.org\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/coal-ash-found-to-be-even-more-toxic-but-the-council-approved-the-brownfields-agreement-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Ash Found to be Even More Toxic, but the Council Approves the Brownfields Agreement Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted to approve the Brownfields Plan, allowing government buildings and a parking garage on top of the coal ash pile. \u00a0The coal ash was landfilled decades before the former Police Department headquarters at 828 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. was built. The existing building will be razed. On\u00a0September 13, 2023<\/a>, the Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Town Manager to proceed with leasing space for the Police Department, while staff continues working with the NC State Brownfields program for 828 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.<\/p>\n

Both the Town of Chapel Hill and DEQ have signed the Brownfields Agreement, which includes a prohibition against building daycare centers and housing. Disappointingly, the agreement does not call for more ash removal. The Town continues to consider what allowable uses to build there, and a survey is available. Please weigh in on what you think needs to happen on this property by taking the town survey here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read the letter from Friends of Bolin Creek to the Town of Chapel Hill submitted on December <\/a>23, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted to approve the Brownfields Plan, allowing government buildings and a parking garage on top of the coal ash pile. \u00a0The coal ash was landfilled decades before the former Police Department headquarters at 828 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. was built. The existing building will be razed. On\u00a0September 13, 2023, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coal-ash-dump-and-bolin-creek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t