Work halted after dust emission complaints
Demolition work on the former Washington County Hospital was halted Friday afternoon after a neighbor complained that the wind was spreading thick dust from the demolition site, a Hagerstown official said.
“We sent one of our code inspectors down after we started getting complaints, to tell them to shut down” for the day, city spokeswoman Erin Wolfe said.
Crew members said they were wrapping up for the day when the inspector arrived, she said.
The city plans to return to the site on Tuesday to ensure the work is being done in compliance with the demolition permit issued by the city, which states that adequate measures must be taken to control dust, Wolfe said.
In addition, an assistant city engineer lodged a complaint with the Maryland Department of the Environment’s air quality compliance division, Wolfe said.
MDE’s local air-quality inspector was on vacation Friday, but the department said an inspector would visit the work site early next week, she said.
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