Industrial site in Pinckney ready for demolition
After years of standing idle, the primary building and pole barns at the former Patterson Lake Products site in Pinckney, MI will soon be demolished.
The Village Council has approved a $21,000 contract with Howell-based Regal Recycling Inc. to demolish the buildings, located off Patterson Lake Road south of downtown Pinckney.
An exact date for demolition at the industrial site hasn't been set.
The property is owned by the village.
The process is expected to take about 60 days to complete, including demolition and removal and disposal of materials and debris from the site.
The village is working with local and regional first responders, who want to conduct training exercises on the buildings before demolition and possibly during a partial collapse of the main building.
"It's kind of a rare opportunity, so we're trying to make sure we can take advantage of it," Village President Rebecca Foster said.
Those plans will be ironed out before a demolition date is set. Permits must also be approved before work begins.
An environmental study of the property conducted in April indicated traces of iron and lead in groundwater, and lead, arsenic and cyanide in the property's soil, among other reportedly hazardous substances.
The field report also revealed material containing asbestos and lead paint in the property's main building. The asbestos was removed in December, and the first responders won't come in contact with the lead, Foster said.
Completing the study was a required first step in plans to demolish the buildings and redevelop the property.
All on-site workers — including potential demolition teams — were required to be notified of the hazardous substances ahead of time.
The village's Department of Public Works plans to use one of the smaller buildings, but there are no commercial offers on the table to redevelop the property.
The amount of site cleanup that is conducted will depend on the kind of project that is built or developed there.
"We thought if we could get down the unsightly building and there was some other use we might be able to put to it, that would be great," Foster said.
"At least it will be cleaned up and not a hazard anymore," she added.
Patterson Lake Products was a heat-treating facility from 1952 to 1972, and a manufacturer of automotive screws and bolts from 1972 to 1990.
Pinckney declared the area a Brownfield Redevelopment site in 1999, a designation that provides state tax incentives for redeveloping once-contaminated areas.
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