The costs of the remediation were previously budgeted at more than 1 million euros, but are now likely to be much higher. Mayor Naafs said about this at the time: “Of course we will recover those costs from the owner. So far that has not been successful, so we have confiscated the house and other properties. I understand that there are more creditors in line, so we as a municipality need a long breath for this as well.”
Soil pollution around former drug lab Overberg much more serious than expected: ‘It is up to 7 meters deep’
