Asarco demolition opposition group still fighting to stop process

POSTED: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:17pm

UPDATED: Friday, April 12, 2013 - 10:14am

El Paso, TX Demolition day is almost here, but at least one local group is still scrambling to stop the demolition. El Paso Aware is still collecting petitions for what they say is an unsafe and hazardous demolition process.

While many are trying to scope out the best location to watch the stacks come down, theres one man, part of that group, who's planning to get out of town. Robert Ardovino, an active member of the group opposing the demolition, has been vocal about his disagreement with the decision to tear down the Asarco stacks.

"So iconic and so different. It's really unfortunate," says Ardovino.

So he plans on leaving town this weekend.

"I'm just not interested in seeing the circus," said Ardovino.

The stacks, he says, are something that sets El Paso a part from the rest.

"It's a low spot for El Paso's history I think. We have a chance to kinda preserve something that's definitely different in the world," said Ardovino.

But he's also concerned that Robert Puga, the sites trustee, hasn't done enough studies to prove that tearing down the stacks and burying the materials above a water source, is safe.

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Asarco demolition opposition group still fighting to stop process