Results: Groundwater, Soil, Surface Water tests at cement plant site, Gate City Blvd & MacKay Rd

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Several days ago, a 917-page contamination assessment report for the 17-acre Brownfield site (and proposed site for a cement/concrete trucking and rail facility) at McKay Road and Gate City Blvd was completed. The site is the former Fortress Wood Products site addressed at 1 Metals Drive, Greensboro, but it is in the Jamestown zoning jurisdiction and ETJ.

A link to the complete report is at the bottom of this post, but here’s a site map and key summary pages discussing the extensive soil, groundwater, surface water and vapor contamination on the property:


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Soil is tested for the “RCRA 8” heavy metals. If the leachable concentration (measured in milligrams per liter of leachate, or (mg/L)) exceeds these thresholds, the soil must be treated or disposed of in a hazardous waste (Subtitle C) landfill


The “Environmental Management Plan” for construction of the concrete/cement plant and trucking/train transport facility: