Dallas is once again suing to try to force the U.S. Navy to finish cleaning up a contaminated former Naval airfield after the military branch has blown its previous deadline to clear the site by seven years.
Dallas is seeking damages and a firm timeline in a lawsuit filed this month saying the Navy has breached the terms of a 2002 legalto have the soil and groundwater at Hensley Field clean by 2017. The city says its plans to redevelop the 738-acre property that borders Mountain Creek Lake in southwestern Dallas are in limbo indefinitely as the cleanup effort drags on with no apparent finish line and as the contamination continues to diminish the land's market value.
The 2002 settlement agreement stemmed from a lawsuit the city filed the year before over the property's environmental concerns following decades of military use. City officials said last December that the Navy's cleanup costs were at $92.4 million, but Hensley Field wasn't close to getting approval from state and federal environmental regulators that the conditions would meet residential standards.
Navy spokesman Bill Franklin said the military branch declined to comment on questions from The Dallas Morning News including on the current status of the cleanup, citing the ongoing litigation. Court records show a legal response has not yet been filed in the case and the deadline to submit one is Oct. 3.
The City Council last December approved a 20-year plan estimated to cost around $390 million to turn Hensley Field into a new walkable community with more than 6,800 new homes, over 12,000 jobs, new parks and waterfront trails, a marina, a possible film studio and other amenities.
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