The Pittsburgh Penguins first raised concerns about possible environmental contamination at the former Civic Arena site in March. Now the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is planning to hire a consultant to help address such worries.
URA board members are expected to vote Thursday on a proposed agreement totaling up to $250,000 with Duquesne-based KU Resources to evaluate the extent of any contamination and how to address it.
The issue is one of the factors that has delayed the start of the first phase of a 1,200-unit residential development planned by the Penguins on the upper part of the arena site on land owned by the URA.