I spoke with Joseph Bardzik who is the estimator for H.W. Alward that submitted the best price for dredging the lagoon.

Joe pointed out several challenges when it comes to disposing of soil:

1)  There are fewer and fewer places that will accept soil.  The closest they have worked with are located in Clinton and Mt. Hope.

2)  Wet spoils are more expensive to transport; trucks must either be watertight or lined with plastic, and the load size is cut in half (to approximately 6 cubic yards) to prevent spillage on grades

3)  Joe anticipates that increasing state EPA regulation will increase costs in the future; some dumping sites require soil testing to assure that they are not accepting contaminated soil.

4)  What is sometimes done with wet spoils is that they are dumped and allowed to dry; they are later transported to a final site.  Obviously this increases costs because of double handling.

5)  There are dumping fees ranging from $75 to $200 per load depending on the nature of the material.

Joe's estimate for moving 6 cubic yards of wet spoils to Clinton is $250 that includes rental of the truck, lining the tailgate with plastic, transportation, and dumping fee (assuming the lowest cost of $75 per load).  Not included in this is any clean-up costs should material spill on public roads.

I hope this information provides what you need for analysis of future use of the ballfield.

Don Kuhn