Debris beneath Duncan Plaza could hamper any plan to move City Hall, Civil District Court there. ‘It felt like concrete’

One of the city’s options for moving or rebuilding its City Hall and Civil District Court buildings has hit a snag in the form of decades-old concrete debris buried underneath Duncan Plaza, an advisory board learned Tuesday afternoon.

“Just on the record, that could be a very, very huge impediment in utilizing this potential site,” said Roy Glapion, a civil engineer and member of the Municipal Complex Advisory Committee at a meeting held Tuesday at Union Passenger Terminal.

The meeting was the fourth for the advisory board, created by Mayor Helena Moreno to review a potential rebuild or relocation of the outdated City Hall and Civil District Court on Perdido Street…

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