300 gather to oppose new Waco landfill site
More than 300 neighbors who gathered in opposition to a proposed city landfill near West Highway 84 got a pledge of support from their councilman and an explanation and apology from city staff.
Councilman Jim Holmes won applause at a special meeting of the West Highway 84 Neighborhood Association in stating that he will advocate for an alternative site to the one proposed on Old Lorena Road.
“It’s not that I don’t want it going into this residential district,” Holmes said during the meeting at Harris Creek Baptist Church. “I don’t want it to go into any residential district — east, south, whatever — within three or four miles of any residential area.”
The city of Waco hired a firm in August to design and permit a 270-acre landfill site, adjacent to the existing Waco Regional Landfill. Holmes said the council will discuss the issue at a 3 p.m work session Tuesday, and at his request will vote later this month on whether to expand the study to consider other sites.
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