Residents reported smelling another odd smell at an AvalonBay construction site Tuesday - for the second time in recent weeks.
PRINCETON - The second odd smell in a few weeks coming off of an AvalonBay construction project prompted town officials to meet with the company once again to fix the problem
The smell was coming from an oil-based paint AvalonBay was applying on a parking lot at the site on Witherspoon Street, according to town health officer Jeff Grosser, who stopped by the site Monday following a phone call about the smell.
He said the smell is not dangerous but that he did ask the company to only paint between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. - ensuring that children walking to and from school wouldn't have to inhale the fumes.
The company agreed to paint within the six-hour window.
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The garage is part of AvalonBay's 250-unit housing project, which sits at Henry Avenue and Witherspoon Streets, situated between the high school and elementary schools.
Monday marks the second time in recent weeks that residents in the area have reported smells coming from the site, though Monday's fumes were not as strong as a reported smell two weeks ago, Grosser said.
In the earlier incident, residents started calling the town in late-October, complaining of fumes created by an epoxy AvalonBay was using to coat the same garage. The town completed an investigation and report which showed that the epoxy had the potential to be hazardous to people working at the site. The coating project was completed over a week ago.
Grosser said the new smell is coming from a different substance that's not harmful to the public. He said the painting project is only supposed to last around one more week.
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