Warning after asbestos found near BMX track

Asbestos has been found near a Dunedin BMX track and the public have been warned to stay away until it is removed.

Dunedin City Council infrastructure and networks general manager Ruth Stokes said a voluntary group working in Northeast Valley disturbed material containing asbestos fibres in an old landfill site near the Forrester Park BMX track.

The exposed area had been covered and fenced off, she said.

The asbestos posed "a very low exposure risk''and long-term solutions were being worked on.

''Now that the site has been secured a remediation plan is being developed by an expert in the field.In the meantime the public is advised to stay away from the fenced off area.''

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