Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Pike Officials Search For Landfill Solutions.
Pike County officials are hard at work exploring answers to what has become a waste disposal problem of “critical” stature, according to Pike County Judge/Executive Wayne T. Rutherford.
The county’s landfill, located at Ford Mountain, is closer each day to being filled to capacity in the coming years, prompting officials to start aggressive and focused moves toward finding solutions.
“We’re looking at all alternatives in regard to our solid waste landfill,” Rutherford said. “We have a problem and we’re fixing it.”
There are a number of options on the table, officials told Rutherford during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 26. However, most of the options bring the pressures of both time and cost issues into the foreground.
“I have a lot of people who tell me this is one of the most important problems in the county,” said Ford Mountain Landfill Director Rex Lockhart.
Considering this, Rutherford, Lockhart, Deputy Judge/Executive John Doug Hays and Deputy Solid Waste Commissioner Mike Lyons, asked for more information Tuesday.
The county’s landfill, located at Ford Mountain, is closer each day to being filled to capacity in the coming years, prompting officials to start aggressive and focused moves toward finding solutions.
“We’re looking at all alternatives in regard to our solid waste landfill,” Rutherford said. “We have a problem and we’re fixing it.”
There are a number of options on the table, officials told Rutherford during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 26. However, most of the options bring the pressures of both time and cost issues into the foreground.
“I have a lot of people who tell me this is one of the most important problems in the county,” said Ford Mountain Landfill Director Rex Lockhart.
Considering this, Rutherford, Lockhart, Deputy Judge/Executive John Doug Hays and Deputy Solid Waste Commissioner Mike Lyons, asked for more information Tuesday.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 2:16 PM 
