We knew that Toll Bros are building 42 homes next to the Chevron gas station on La Costa Avenue and the freeway. They are doing the same treatment as the builder did at Halia – burying the contaminants instead of removing:
David Hill, a Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation board member who specializes in water quality management, criticized the developers for encapsulating rather than removing what he said were 6,300 tons of hazardous materials, including organochlorine pesticides, buried beneath the planned homes.
Another surprise is the planned hotel to be built next door:
https://thecoastnews.com/encinitas-advances-two-proposed-la-costa-avenue-developments/
The guy doing the hotel has designed quite a few homes too. Here’s one:
Hat tip to just some guy for sending this in!
