No building permit has yet been issued, but excavation began at the 306 Center Street condominium project site last week to find the water table on the property so that paperwork could be completed for removal of contaminated soil.

Following that initial dig, a soil removal plan was drafted and submitted, according to Town of La Conner Assistant Planner Ajah Eills.

Public Work Director Brian Lease approved the plan and soil removal commenced, Eills said.

That work was completed and by early Friday afternoon all equipment had left the site.

The three-story complex, with six ground floor sh...