Turk Island Landfill, Union City
Development of Closed Landfill
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WGV helped its builder client design a new residential program for development of a closed landfill. The 6-acre site still contained approximately 100,000 CY of buried household and construction refuse, which needed to be relocated to a neighboring landfill property before development. WGV helped coordinate the refuse relocation between the client and owner of the nearby landfill. This remediation effort called for not only the movement of the refuse, but also the import of approximately 200,000 cubic yards of clean fill and cap for the host site; or approximately 20,000 truckloads of fill.
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Consequently, the project required extensive regulatory permitting, community outreach and a processing of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for approval. WGV also coordinated the engineering and design of the overall residential program, working extensively with the city and surrounding community to both limit the impacts of the remediation on the nearby residents, and ensure that the development would blend seamlessly into the existing neighborhood. The 33-unit project is now under construction.
