
{"id":26,"date":"2007-03-22T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/03\/22\/county-looks-at-waste-options\/"},"modified":"2007-03-22T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2007-03-22T20:17:30","slug":"county-looks-at-waste-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/03\/22\/county-looks-at-waste-options\/","title":{"rendered":"County looks at waste options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Board of Commissioners on March 13 postponed a vote on the site of the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future waste transfer station, requesting more information from solid waste director Gayle Wilson and County Manager Laura Blackmon.<\/p>\n<p>The board is considering three transfer station sites, including two sites off U.S.\u00c2\u00a0 70 in the Eno Economic Development District along with the Eubanks Road landfill. The landfill will reach capacity in 2010. The county plans to set up the transfer station to transport its solid waste out of county.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nResidents of the neighborhoods surrounding all of the sites were critical of the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s site search and the lack of formal criteria in determining potential sites. Wilson said he is developing the criteria to present to the board at its March 27 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson added that he and Blackmon are writing a report responding to a number of different questions from the board, including how much time, if any, the board has to determine the site. He also hopes to develop a contingency plan in case the county is unable to build the transfer station by the time the landfill reaches capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Wilson said he plans to calculate the effects of the transfer station on traffic, as well as the locations that produce most of the waste.<\/p>\n<p>Former county manager\u00c2\u00a0 John Link, a resident of the Eno Township, told the board the residents of the neighborhoods near the U.S. 70 sites deserve a meeting regarding the potential transfer station, as well as the opportunity to visit a transfer station.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Rogers Road neighborhood, which is near the Eubanks Road site, met with county staff in January to discuss the station. They were also able to tour a Greensboro transfer station with county officials.<\/p>\n<p>Several Rogers Road neighborhood residents argued that because the neighborhood already has hosted the landfill since the early 1970s, the county should not consider Eubanks Road site for the transfer station.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is undeniable that the Rogers Road residents have lived with the burden of our county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trash for long enough,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Tracy Kuhlman, a resident of the Rogers Road neighborhood. She added, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leaders are prepared to force the Rogers Road area into decades of trash to come, they should at least be able to defend that decision with a clear record of a well organized, complete search.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Richter, a resident of the Highlands neighborhood, said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Much is owed to Rogers Road.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He added, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Every time you take out your trash, it goes to Rogers Road, to their backyards. Why are we doing this again?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Barry Jacobs said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not only one moral issue\u00e2\u20ac\u201cit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a number of moral issues.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Board Chairman Moses Carey urged the board to make a decision in a timely manner. He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is a difference between a landfill and a transfer station, a significant difference.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Valerie Foushee, who visited the Greensboro transfer station, argued that a transfer station is still a garbage site, adding, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am not in a position to vote on this item tonight.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I never have, and still do not feel that we did a good job on the site search,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d adding, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think that once we see what our parameters are we might be better able to make [a decision].\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Board of Commissioners on March 13 postponed a vote on the site of the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future waste transfer station, requesting more information from solid waste director Gayle Wilson and County Manager Laura Blackmon. The board is considering three transfer station sites, including two sites off U.S.\u00c2\u00a0 70 in the Eno Economic Development&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}