Work begins at Micron site

By DAviD TylEr

Last Friday was a big day for Micron’s proposed $100 billion development in the town of Clay.

On Friday morning, Micron’s top officials gathered at the White Pine site with County Executive Ryan McMahon, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, Clay Supervisor Damian Ulatowski and other local officials to update the community on progress made at the site.

As part of an ongoing environmental survey of the site, Micron is in the process of boring 270 soil samples. Those samples will help them delineate wetlands and guide the depth of the foundations for the massive chip fab plants.

Each of the four plants will be 1.2