VALLEY CITY. N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Construction of a new Public Works Service Center is underway in Valley City.
Earlier this month, City Administrator Gwen Crawford told the city commission that higher levels of petroleum have been detected in the soil at the construction site, the former home of the Valley Plains dealership on east Main.
She said the city received approval from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to farm out the soil and shift threw the soil to remove other debris. The city began that process on land east of Drug Plastics owned by the city.
Lance Peterson is Valley City resident, he expressed his concerns with the city’s soil farming out site.
City Administrator Gwen Crawford gave the city’s response to those claims during this interview with Steve Urness.
Once again the cost of bringing the soil to the Gwinner Landfill would cost the city $2 million compared to $300,000 to farm out the soil using their contingency fund. The city of Valley City has a Transfer Station which is not a landfill. The soil that is piled up at the Transfer Station will eventually be farmed out as well.
Earlier this year, the city commission selected EAPC Architects and McGough Construction to guide the construction project, despite Valley City residents raising concerns about the total cost of the $14.3 million dollar project.
In May, Thomas Dahl of McGough Construction said the total cost of the construction project is $14,390,000.
There had been a lot of questions regarding the construction of the new Public Works Service Center Complex so the city put together a fact sheet with timelines and information on their website https://www.valleycity.us/public-works/public-works-service-center-complex/