A year after WPTV first investigated a contentious legal battle over the future of Fisherman’s Wharf, newly released environmental testing is raising fresh questions about a key argument in the dispute: contamination.
The city of Fort Pierce previously told developer Chris Shelli that the waterfront property at the center of his lawsuit was “likely contaminated” and suggested the cost of remediation could essentially eliminate his claim for damages.
But the city made that assertion before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection had completed its testing…