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at a spot originally intended for deposit of excess dirt would eliminate 1,200 feet of leachate pipe, four junction boxes, and lined ditches and bring the first-phase construction costs lower than the original figure. But he still declined to give dollar estimates, explaining that to do so might limit negotiations with the contractor on an amended construction contract.
“Once we bury trash, there’s no salvage value [to the land],” Col. Bingham repeated. Although excavation has begun on the Stover tract, “We could smooth the whole area out, subdivide it into five-acre parcels, and at a minimum we could get $2.5 million and we could pay for a landfill!”
“And we’d be opening up a can of worms we’d never get a lid back on!* Mr. Gilkey replied. If the site proves unworkable and the county is forced to abandon plans for a landfill there, then the Stover tract should be sold
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