ASIO waste to be dumped in Belconnen

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Asbestos-contaminated waste from the ASIO headquarters construction site in Parkes will be dumped at a former landfill in Canberra's north.

ACT Territory and Municipal Services says there is a small quantity of asbestos sheeting mixed through soil at the building site on Constitution Avenue near the suburb of Campbell.

Acting manager Graham Mannall says some of the waste has already been taken to the Murrumbateman tip and a private landfill south of Goulburn.

He says the remainder of the waste will now be dumped at the former west Belconnen tip.

"It's closest, so that's actually helping the environment because the trucks aren't driving as far and we actually have an obligation to remedial an old burrow pit at that landfill," he said.

"So that material is actually going to be interred in an area that actually needed to be filled anyway."

Mr Mannall says strict safety procedures will be followed to ensure the asbestos does not pose a safety risk during transportation.

"The contractors actually keep the material damp at the point of extraction, it's then loaded into trucks that have sealed tail gates and water proof contained covers that completely enclose all the material in there," he said.

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