Annapolis City Council cites environmental risks on land slated for affordable housing

Annapolis City Council members are raising concerns about environmental risks associated with land being considered for affordable housing on the site of the old Department of Public Works building on Spa Road.

At the beginning of May, the Annapolis City Council sought  to incorporate the Public Works property into a 722-home mixed-income neighborhood envisioned in a federally approved plan to redevelop two Eastport communities.

If built, the existing 357 affordable housing units...