Clean up work completed in Salisbury as area continues recovery; Defra has now handed back the final site of decontamination in Salisbury to the South Wiltshire Recovery Coordinating Group
According to the Defra report:
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today (Friday, 1 March) announced that the final site of decontamination in Salisbury is safe, and has been handed to the South Wiltshire Recovery Coordinating Group.
The completion of clean-up work at Christie Miller Road, Salisbury marks a significant milestone in South Wiltshire’s return to normality following the sickening novichok nerve agent attack last year.
The property was declared safe following extensive cleaning and testing by specialist teams. Wiltshire Council will shortly begin to coordinate work to refurbish the property, with residents of Christie Miller Road consulted on its future use.
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According to a BBC report:
11 sites of interest, potentially infected with the nerve agent, have now been handed back.
Military personnel have spent 13,000 hours on the clean-up operation since 4 March.
An estimated 600 to 800 specially trained military personnel, including the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear regiment, were involved in the clean-up.