Local authorities finally fence off Marfell Park toxic dump site.
Taranaki Regional Council has advised the New Plymouth District Council that the area is still a workplace and must be secured, Large holes remain in the ground.
Residents believe the regional authority initially concealed the extent of the toxic chemicals found at the site of a children's play ground. And say the contaminated area should have been fenced off weeks ago when the contaminated drums were found.
Taranaki Regional Council is now finally doing a investigation plan with authorities and community leaders for the New Plymouth park where contaminated drums were found.
Remnants of nine drums containing organophosphate insecticide and dioxin from the old New Plymouth Paritutu IWD chemical plant now Dow Agrosciences were unearthed last month at Marfell Park, which used to be a city dump.
Testing detected contaminants at a level that campaigners say is the highest ever found in New Zealand.
Regional council spokesperson Gary Bedford says investigations will involve sampling to look for any evidence that toxins remain, and the plan should be ready in about a week.
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