by urchaidh » 08 Nov 2012, 10:22
With regards to building a new school on Baileyfield, contamination of the site is more an issue of time than of heath. I'm sure the site could be cleaned up to remove any health risk, but nobody knows what's there and until they do they can't say how long it will take to clean up nor how much it will cost.
The ground conditions are similarly uncertain, the site contains a lot of back filled clay pits and underground workings. Again, none of this is insurmountable with modern building techniques, but it's more uncertainty on the time and cost.
BIOB's suggested timescale is very optimistic, particularly so given these uncertainties, and they've gone out of their way to avoid discussing how much it would cost.