Cuyahoga County needs to build a new jail, some of the steering committee officials finally resolved this week, after hearing the results of a second assessment — just not at the contaminated Transport Road site.
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O’Malley agreed, specifically keying in on the consultant’s opinion that Jail I —the older and more problematic building in the set — could not be torn down and rebuilt in place because it houses all the core services the jail needs to function. “We believe they can play a crucial role in assisting us in our mutual goal of finding an acceptable location for construction,” the letter says. “Let us continue our efforts to find the best site possible for a new jail facility and let us do so as quickly as possible.”
Multiple members of council and Budish have already said that they believe the property can be safely remediated to eliminate the risk of a methane explosion or benzene exposure, once they install the same prevention controls used by countless other housing projects across the country. “My argument remains...if you could not build a residential property because of the toxic effects, how is having a courthouse down there any different when you have people in that jail for lengthy periods of time, you’ve got lawyers, police officers, judges, witnesses, family members in that same area,” Hammerle said. “It didn’t make sense before, and it doesn’t make sense now.”
Elliot Allen, one of the DLZ Architecture consultants hired to reassess renovation options at the existing jail, seemed to agree. He was one of the project managers for the Marion County jail and said toxic sites are an increasing reality for municipalities, but “fortunately” experts have developed strategies to remediate them.
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