Four issues are shocking namely the commercial garage (west) with dangerous levels of methane inside, the former Martin's Pet Food plant (north) , the residential homes at the east end of the landfill and finally the park and splashpad to the immediate south. That nothing has gone boom is a miracle unless of course a variety of fires and weird happenings at the Martin's Pet Food plant are methane related.
Generally speaking most of the recommendations of CRA consultants were not vigorously accepted through action items being completed. This includes regular monitoring and more indoor monitoring. Additional gas probes were also advised to the east of the property and if done at all took many years to complete them.
The only good thing was Woolwich Township generally leaving the former landfill empty. Now even that is up in the air with the latest attempt to develop the landfill into a truck parking lot. This is being done despite all evidence indicating that there is lots of explosive methane still on the site just waiting for bad luck or carelessness to result in an explosion. Any and all attempts to remove the gas through either active or passive venting have to date been unacceptable. It is my opinion that the consultants (CRA) are not totally blameless either over the decades.
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