GREENSBORO, N.C. — This week, Greensboro residents will have the chance to tour the White Street landfill.
It's one of three sites the city is considering to store toxic waste from Bingham Park.
The park closed a few weeks ago after EPA guidelines deemed it unsafe.
Bingham Park was built on a former waste incinerator and unlined landfill that operated in the 1920s and 1950s before safety guidelines were established.
For safety reasons, the soil will have to be transported while covered. The city estimates it could take about 11,500 trucks to remove over a dozen acres of contaminated soil.
"It would be deposited, and every day there would be a daily cover, which is basically another type of soil that's placed on top as per state requirements," Richard Lovett said.
He is the City of Greensboro Environmental Compliance Support Manager for the City of Greensboro.
During the tour, Lovett explained how landfills work and how waste is disposed of.
Some residents said they are just looking forward to getting their community park back.
"We are always trying to have something in the community; if we could have the whole neighborhood involved, it would make it easier for us," Bennett said.
The park lies in the heart of the Willow Oaks Neighborhood.
"My church is in front of the park," Linda Bennett said.
Some neighbors shared that they want input from all the parties involved.
"We don't want to do any harm to another community, we do want to be considerate of what they want over in the White Street community, " Community activist Cheryl Johnson said, "We want to know that this is going to be done safely."
The city has tours of this landfill for the rest of this week. You can sign up here.