Almost 90 per cent of the total waste onsite at the start of the Broderick Road Clean Up Project has now been removed.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) Broderick Road Clean Up Project Manager Michael Fitzgerald said EPA had removed more than 252,474m3 of waste from 300-400 Broderick Road, Lara. This is about 88 per cent of the total waste that was onsite at the start of the project.
Mr Fitzgerald said there was less than 33,749m3 of waste remaining onsite.
He said waste removal was on track to be complete in June this year, at the current rate of works.
“Each week thousands of cubic metres of waste are removed from the Broderick Road site and transported to licensed landfills, reducing the hazard onsite and bringing us a step closer to finishing this significant project,” Mr Fitzgerald said.
“The project team is conducting testing and surveying of the site to ensure that once the final stockpile is removed the site will no longer pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.
“This testing will include ground penetrating radar scans to check below the surface of the former stockpiles.
“When waste removal is complete the site will also be assessed by an independent occupational hygienist.”
Mr Fitzgerald said the final cost of the cleanup would be determined once the project was complete.
He said EPA would continue to use its powers to work to recover the cleanup costs by pursuing the site’s former occupiers and any other relevant parties.
