More than a year after it was closed and fenced, the former Fas Gas gas station on High Street West is being remediated and put into a more saleable condition.
Contractors have been on site for more than two weeks digging out the oil tanks and, more recently, removing all the contaminated soil in the immediate area. As a result, a large hole now occupies the space where the tanks previously sat.
The gas station — located at the corner of High Street West and Ninth Avenue North — was at that spot for roughly 20 years.
“We’re doing what we have to do to move forward,” said the realtor looking after the site, noting there was initially plenty of interest in the site when it was first put on the market.
The realtor noted that he was working with the site owners and was waiting to see how else he could help them sell the property. The realtor was unsure how much the site was worth nor how long the cleanup would take.
