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.
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.
