Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati site cleared of contaminated soil
Business Courier • Dan Monk
Before it could embrace its glitzy future, Cincinnati’s Broadway Commons site had to confront its industrial past.
Developers of the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati removed 7,700 tons of lead-contaminated soil from the gaming facility’s Broadway Commons construction site in February and March of this year. The dirt was treated on site, then hauled to the Rumpke landfill in Colerain Township to make sure contamination from a former lead pigment plant will not come in contact with casino patrons.
“We followed all the standards and guidelines that they have to make sure our workers are safe and the public is safe,” said Jennifer Kulczycki, spokeswoman for Rock Ohio Caesars LLC.
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