Makes Building in a Flood Zone Look Good!

Thanks to the contributor who sent me links to stories that appeared on KYW3 and Fox29 regarding a new school being built in Chester County.

It's being built on a Superfund site.

Look, Mom! Look what I brought home. I found it in the schoolyard........

Chester Co. School Proposal Draws Opposition
KIMBERTON, Pa. (CBS 3) ―

Phoenixville Township held a controversial school board workshop on Thursday to decide whether or not to begin construction on a new school.

The proposed location for the new East Pikeland Elementary school is on a potentially dangerous toxic superfund site, a location that has local parents up in arms.

"I believe this is a time bomb waiting to happen," Celeste McGilney said. "We have a bed of water that is contaminated and no one can say to me that that water will not come up"

Test wells of the groundwater from a landfill near the proposed location have tested positive for TCE, however the EPA and DEP both say the site is appropriate and poses no health risk.

Despite assurances from the government and Chester County, officials some residents, like Jeff Effgen, still aren't convinced that this decision isn't one they won't soon regret.

"The fact that you can't drink the water, still is a red flag and an alarm to me and I think it might be retroactively something that we're really embarrassed to have not dealt with."

The EPA has made their recommendations, however it is ultimately up to the district to decide whether or not to proceed with the construction.