Contaminated soil at the old primary school lot is presenting a problem for the potential sale of a 1.2-acre parcel to a statewide hotel chain.
After receiving a letter of interest from Aspen Management LLC, the Haines Borough Assembly voted to classify two lots bordering Main Street and Fifth Avenue as “for sale.”
According to Aspen’s local real estate agent Glenda Gilbert, though, company representatives haven’t bid on the lots because contaminated soil – and…

