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Residents living near the Campbell section 5 development in Canberra’s north are angry they have been given no warnings about the removal of asbestos from the site.
Contractors wearing protection suits have been helping to move piles of dirt from the fenced-off area near the corner of Constitution Avenue and Creswell Street.
Local resident Fiona Cotton says the only warning was a few small signs along the fence.
“There’s a lot of publicity about Mesothelioma and airborne (asbestos) particles,” she said.
“Now these workers are accredited asbestos removalists but I just think the main issue is that we’ve got no assurances about what is going on.
“We should have been informed so we could drive the other way to avoid the area.”
The asbestos contamination is thought to have been caused by builders rubble dumped during the 1950s.
Another neighbour Mark Anderson says few details have been released by the Land Development Agency (LDA) which is overseeing the project on ACT Government land.
“We knew that this material was going to be removed from the site at some stage,” he said.
“What we didn’t expect was that it would start without any advice to the people who live around.
“There’s been a lot of high wind days for the past few weeks and I can’t see much evidence of dust suppression although I did see a water truck there this morning.”
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-12/campbell-residents-angry-about-asbestos-removal-at-nearby-site/5152628
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