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BY ANNA MANESS
Georgetown’s transfer station is now open following 14 months of construction to upgrade and add to the facility’s services. At the station’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 4, Mayor Josh Schroeder said the reconstruction created a better flow for customers to drop off recycling, landfill and yard waste items. The station added a 25,000-square-foot transfer building with three lanes for commercial trucks to unload recyclables and solid waste onto larger trucks, according to a news release. Commercial and residential collections are routed separately at the station to improve safety, and its roads were paved to reduce dust and help with drainage. City transfer station reopens
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The project was funded by solid waste revenues, according to the release, and enhancements could improve the transfer station’s current annual revenue of about $200,000, according to the city’s website. Texas Disposal Systems operates the station as the city’s contracted solid waste provider, according to the release. At the transfer station, Georgetown residents can request bulky waste pickups four times per year and recycle Christmas trees or holiday string lights free of charge, according to the city’s website. For a fee, residents can drop off tires, mattresses and other items. Novak Commercial Construction, the project’s general contractor, also recently finished a $2.2 million project next to the transfer station that included adding a truck wash facility and an improved fuel station for city vehicles, according to the release.
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Additional upgrades to the transfer station, which totaled $13 million, include:
A 1,200-square-foot Garden-Ville building selling garden and lawn products
A 3,000-square-foot canopy for the recycling drop-off area
A new gatehouse building
New scales
SOURCE: CITY OF GEORGETOWN/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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