Leveling at the site of the demolished primary school building last month was completed independent of concerns about contaminated soil there, said Brian Lemcke, the Haines Borough’s interim director of public facilities.

He spoke with representatives from Carson Dorn Inc. of Juneau and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation before the borough public works department started grading.

“I said, ‘Can we grade this place and make it look a little more presentable?’” Lemcke said. “They…