...A spokesman for MCPS says that construction has been temporarily
halted because the excavation has uncovered the asbestos floor tiles
from the demolished school.
“We have coordinated with the required state agencies and intend to
start the abatement process,” MCPS spokesman Derek Turner said in an
email.
The hazardous materials operation is scheduled to begin Monday, Turner said.
Meanwhile, neighbors say they wish the school system would provide
more information about the construction project and some say posting an
asbestos project sign on the site’s chain link fence appears to them to
be the minimum requirement.
“The original school was buried under the ground here, and it would
have been good for MCPS to let us known that that school originally had
asbestos,” says Laura Dennis, a neighbor...
http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2016/01/kensington-residents-concerned-over-asbestos-warning-sign-at-middle-school-site/
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