The public park can be rehabilitated. It will require removing ALL the contaminated soil and replacing it with CLEAN soil before construction can begin. I wish Mr. Beckham great success with his ambitions.
August 29, 2019By Joey Flechas
Update: Tuesday afternoon, (click here) Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez announced he was closing Melreese until further notice for additional analysis of environmental test results. Read more here.
The proposed site for a Major League Soccer stadium and mall in Miami is far more toxic than previously expected, with arsenic contamination levels reaching more than twice the legal limit and surface-level soil samples containing debris that poses a “physical hazard.”
A new environmental analysis has shed more light on the large extent of the environmental problems in the dirt at Melreese golf course, Miami’s only city-owned golf course and the potential site for a sprawling $1 billion commercial and stadium complex that would serve as the venue for home games played by David Beckham’s MLS team, Inter Miami....
