Speaking of Landfills

Speaking of landfills, the Herald-Dispatch recently reported again on the 1994 order by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) that required the City of Huntington to stop accepting trash at the 60-acre landfill at Deitz Hollow, because it did not have an underlying liner. That was approximately 13-years ago!

As far as we citizens know, no one in the city government has ordered the preparation of written specifications and the related total cost for moving forward with the shutdown of this ecological disaster! With only 11-years remaining to complete the closure, wouldn't it be a prudent plan to determine the total cost with the intention to approach the federal government to get the job done using today's dollars. The cost is not going to go down! Let's get on with a complete calculation of the total cost and head to Washington, D.C. to camp out there until we resolve the funding issue. The clock is ticking!

We are going to have to have another landfill for our city - is anyone addressing that issue? As citizens, we are in the dark. This is another example of the lack of transparency in our city government.

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