The Town of Chapel Hill’s requirement that three feet of soil be removed from part of a site where the Chipotle restaurant chain wants to put a restaurant not only is absurd, it’s also very expensive. Does the town seriously think that whatever traces of dry-cleaning solvents that may have been found in the soil will find their way into burritos and tacos at the restaurant? Did it harm the patrons of the video store or the college textbook store that was there before? Has the groundwater been adversely affected in the years since the One-Hour Koretizing story was on the site? I’ve heard of no illnesses or genetic mutating going on at the intersection of Franklin and Mallette.
by Locker Room contributor