City OKs $242,000 to begin cleanup at V&M expansion site

YOUNGSTOWN — The city board of control agreed today to pay $242,844 for soil testing and a report on what hazardous materials would need to be removed to clean up two key properties needed by V&M Star Steel for its potential $970 million expansion project.

MS Consultants Inc. of Youngstown will do the testing and provide a report on the two parcels in about three months, said city Finance Director David Bozanich, a board of control member.

The board approved the contracts for MS to do work to two parcels in Girard the city purchased — the former Dempsey Steel and the former Shelly & Sands/McCourt Construction property.

There are three other properties Youngstown purchased in Girard that V&M Star needs for the potential expansion.

The board of control is expected to sign contracts for testing and remediation reports shortly, Bozanich said.

The cost of cleanup of the various properties, somewhere around 170 to 190 acres in Girard, is estimated at $5 million, Bozanich said.

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