WEST PARIS – The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has given the town permission to expand the waste transfer station to better accommodate the new town recycling program.
Town Manager Donald Woodbury said there are specific limits on filling a small wetland area.
“We have been told by the DEP that we can go ahead and fill an area behind the transfer station’s utility shed as long as we don’t exceed 4,200 square feet. That will be enough, though, so we can build a second access road and move the recycling bins away from the old part of the station to make it easier for people enter and exit the facility,” he said.
Moving the recycling area will eliminate traffic congestion.
Woodbury said the project “will go ahead at all due speed as soon we complete some last-minute details.”
Woodbury also said there will be no additional costs because some pines being cut will be sawed into boards for the fencing, and there is still money in the old landfill account that can be used.
Last March, voters approved joining the Oxford County Regional Solid Waste Corp., a regional recycling operation.
Woodbury said the town will save money by recycling.
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