A team of workers digging near Five Corners this week discovered a patch of toxic, contaminated soil that may force a major environmental cleanup of the Beach Road extension area.
Contractors hired by the Massachusetts Highway Department found soil contaminated with gasoline and oil while digging on Beach Road extension next to the Wintertide Coffeehouse. The contractors were working on a drainage pipe project from Beach Road to Vineyard Haven harbor when they made the discovery.
Contaminated soil underneath Beach Road extension in Tisbury is so widespread that the entire area — including the beachfront lining Vineyard Haven harbor — is under investigation by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
DEP investigators were in Tisbury this week to examine soil along the Beach Road extension, where contractors hired by the Massachusetts Highway Department to lay drainage pipe instead found soil polluted with gasoline and oil.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection last week notified the town that it needed to come up with plan after five monitoring wells had detected levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances above the state standard.
The Oak Bluffs wastewater facility is poised to undergo a complete makeover in the next few years, reconfiguring the infrastructure and increasing the capacity for the town, hooking up new neighborhoods to the plant.
Poor air quality resulting from elevated ozone levels on Martha’s Vineyard may pose a risk to sensitive groups, according to an air quality advisory released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Friday.
Health agents in West Tisbury are encouraging private property owners to take advantage of a free well water testing program to check for the chemicals known as PFAS.
With gas pumps once again locked and in violation of environmental regulations, R.M. Packer Co. and the town of Edgartown have come to a short-term agreement.
Owners of two up-Island restaurants said they were complying with state regulations following a bad water test that led to their closure late last week.
The state department of environmental protection ordered the drinking water shut off at the Chilmark Tavern and State Road Restaurant after total coliform bacteria and E. coli bacteria were found in routine water samples from the restaurants.
State Lists Alleged Violations at Home of Wastewater Chief
By CHRIS BURRELL
An investigation underway by the Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) has found nine alleged violations of
state environmental codes on property in Oak Bluffs owned by Joseph N.
Alosso, chief operator of two municipal sewage treatment plants on the
Island and former board of health chairman in Oak Bluffs.
