Olympia's New Waste Operations Site: Cost, Location, and Options
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Olympias Public Works Department faces a significant challenge as it outgrows its current facilities. The city plans to build two new sites, with the first phase of a waste operations site on Carpenter Road costing over forty million dollars. The existing maintenance center is inefficient and not seismically sound, making expansion impossible. The new site, a former firing range, will see demolition, environmental cleanup, and rough grading complete by the end of the year, ready for construction in four years. However, the project will lead to a twenty-four percent increase in waste utility rates for residents. City leaders are now considering privatization of garbage collection to weigh costs against long-term needs.
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