Richmond council greenlights plans for housing development on toxic site [San Francisco Chronicle]
Dec. 16 The Richmond City Council gave a developer permission Tuesday to move forward with plans to partially clean a toxic site polluted with more than 100 chemicals and build up to 4,000 residential units and a 20,000-square-foot grocery store.
The vote four yes votes and two no votes resulted in the final passage of an ordinance permitting the project at 1400 S. 47th Street and eliminated what many activists saw as a last chance to prevent the site’s development.
The 86-acre property known as the Zeneca site, just east of Marina Bay and west of Interstate 580, has undergone cleanup for years but critics worry danger to future residents will remain.
Richmond council greenlights plans for housing development on toxic site
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Campus Bay, an 87-acre plot of land, is polluted with over 100 chemicals. A developer plans to build 4,000 housing units, 20,000 square foot grocery store with about 30 acres of parks and open space. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Richmond, Calif.Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle
The Richmond City Council gave a developer permission Tuesday to move forward with plans to partially clean a toxic site polluted with more than 100 chemicals and build up to 4,000 residential units and a 20,000-square-foot grocery store.
The vote four yes votes and two no votes resulted in the final passage of an ordinance permitting the project at 1400 S. 47th Street and eliminated what many activists saw as a last chance to prevent the site’s development.
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Top: A proposed housing project at the Zeneca site includes 4,000 units, a grocery store and 30 acres of parks and open space.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Richmond business owner Sherry Padgett visits the site of a proposed residential development project that she opposes.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Barrels of soil cuttings from the 86-acre site.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A former business’ entry gate to an 86-acre property that is polluted with more than 100 chemicals in Richmond.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less