Don't put waste station in county's rural area

TO THE EDITOR:

Many letters have been written concerning the placement of the Waste Transfer Station in rural Orange County — here is another one.

First I want to thank Commissioner Pam Hemminger for her reasoned approach to the problem in her refusal to vote for a flawed plan.

I cannot improve upon the arguments put before the media and the Board of County Commissioners. Placement in the southwest of Orange County would indeed be folly.

There are no water and sewer lines. The roads are not major highways. There is no rail system. And it would not be close to the source of the greatest amount of trash.

A waste transfer station in rural Orange County would jeopardize the well water of the local residents in that part of the county from both the potential contamination and loss of water in a draught. It would damage the local roads with large trucks making too many trips back and forth.

The cost is already too high and not entirely known. All in all a losing proposition for the people.

To our commissioners: Please consider the work of Orange County Voice. Meet with your neighbors in that organization to find a solution that is best for all.

This decision as it stands" will not only hurt the people of rural Orange but all who live anywhere in the county.

The cost of the transfer station will be paid for by all of us who live in and around ""the Southern Part of Heaven"" — it will show up in our tax bills.



Glenn Sumner

Chapel Hill