Historical February 1999 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
As everyone has noticed, construction has begun on a parking lot located at the site of the old Sinclair station on Skinker at McPherson and the adjoining lot.
This new parking lot will serve residents of the apartment building Washington University owns at that intersection and members of the Grace United Methodist Church congregation. Work on the lot started in late fall.
It may not be completed until spring.
According to Steven J. Givens of Washington University, the issue is asphalt. Asphalt plants shut down during the winter.
It requires many days of anticipated good weather to both produce the asphalt needed for the lot and to lay it.
However, other work on the lot will continue during the winter on good weather days. Washington University, which is carrying out the building of the lot, was originally given a clean bill of health by their environmental consultants, Environmental Operations, Inc., which works closely with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Sewer District.
However, excavation on the northwest corner discovered two old gasoline tanks and one 55-gallon drum.
The first tank contained water and sludge with a low level contaminant present.
This was tested by MSD and was cleared for release to the sewer system.
The other two containers appear to have held heating fuel at one time.
The containers were cleaned and scraped on site, cut into pieces and hauled away. Soil samples were taken to a lab to determine if any other remediation was required. Results show that it was not.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1999.
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