I was recently reading the local News Press online and came across an article that concerns our environment and also our health. The title of the article was "Asbestos gets Lee County's attention." This article was about the discovery of asbestos on the construction site of Summerlin and College Parkway. The commissioner Brian Bigelow is pointing the finger at Posen Construction, who is responsible for the material that was used. Back in 2008, this company was responsible for asbestos being found on the construction property of the Alico Road widening in San Carlos. It is now their responsibility to clean up the mess and have the material disposed of properly.
As for the current project taking place on Summerlin Road, the commissioner is now concerned that there is asbestos in the already paved portions of the road. As of right now, the project has been halted to discuss further actions.
This is a very serious environmental and health issue. Asbestos has a known linkage to mesothelioma, a deadly lung cancer that takes years to develop. There were countless numbers of people exposed to the asbestos. Construction workers, drivers, and residents of near-by developments have run the risk of becoming ill because of the project. Symptoms of asbestos exposure, such as the development of mesothelioma, don't surface for 30 years and are worse depending on how long a person was exposed to the material. A question that needs to be answered is where do we go from here? How do we mitigate these exposures? These are some of the questions that the commissioner is hoping to answer in the very near future.
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