Excerpt from WECT, April 11, 2018. Read the full article here.
by Alex Guarino
NAVASSA, NC (WECT) - Community members in Navassa got a first look at what the redeveloped Kerr-McGee Superfund site could look like Tuesday night.
After gaining public input for the past year, the entities involved in redeveloping in the site — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), and the Multistate Trust — held a public meeting to present those plans.
"This past year, the community has worked with our team and with Multistate Trust to come up with different reuse scenarios, and these are the four concepts that have come out of that process," said Erik Spalvins, an EPA project manager for the site. "So these are not necessarily final redevelopment plans, but this is to help us understand how the community wants to use this property so that when we do the cleanup, it's ready to be used."
Common elements to be included are recreational areas, river trails, a water connection to the river, commercial areas, and industrial development.
"There's interest in having jobs and interest in a cultural center that will help communicate the story of this community in the future," said Spalvins.