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It will impact you!
The proposed Forrest School Road site will negatively impact everyone in Alcorn County due to the distance, cost, road conditions, and traffic involved.
- DISTANCE – Many people in Alcorn County will have to drive over 20 miles one way to reach this site. With today’s gas prices, this will force people to find alternate locations to dispose of their garbage, increasing the amount of illegal dumping – possibly in your neighborhood.
- COST -This site has limited, if any, ability to support a landfill operation and may not be environmentally sound. Costs to prepare and maintain this site could be substantially more than other more centrally located alternatives. Because of this, another site could have to be located in a short time and additional taxpayer money spent to buy, prepare, and maintain that location.
- ROAD CONDITIONS – Those who do choose to haul their garbage to the site will drive over roads that were not designed for heavy garbage trucks and vehicles carrying 6,000 tons of garbage annually.
- TRAFFIC- An estimated 9,000 additional cars and heavy trucks will travel over narrow, curvy, pot-holed roads and railroad tracks, increasing the potential for accidents. Those same 9,000 vehicles will have to drive those same roads out!
HOW YOU CAN HELP!
- Contact the Daily Corinthian Sound Off phone line at 662-287-0224, email at soundoff@dailycorinthian.com, or submit online here.
- Send Letters to the Editor at Daily Corinthian, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS. 38834 or e-mail to letters@dailycorinthian.com
- Send Letters to Editor at Tupelo Daily Journal to Post Office Box 909, Tupelo, Mississippi 38802-0909
Contact the Board of Supervisors at:
Gary Ross – 662-287-4317
Keith Fields – 662-287-7807
Jeff Patterson – 662-286-6451
Jeff Rencher – 662-462-5831
Jimmy Tate Waldon – 662-287-2671
Post to our Blog and our Forum at http://www.Wenasoga.com
Questions/Answers from Board of Supervisor Meeting
1. Are there any other locations being looked at to determine best location for a landfill?
•Supervisor’s Answer) We don’t have enough time or money to purchase other land.
2. Couldn’t this land be sold and the money used to buy more suitable land?
•Supervisor’s Answer) This land is not for sale.
3. What are other options or plans?
•Supervisor’s Answer) No other option has been looked at and there are no other plans.
4. Are there any figures (budgets) that show how much this is going to cost?
•Supervisor’s Answer) No
Additional Questions we don’t have answers to……
- The supervisors have known there was a problem at the current landfill for six months. Why hasn’t there been a study or plan to resolve those issues?
- Why did the supervisors not look for the best location – one that would be more beneficial to all the citizens of Alcorn County?
- Why has a cost study not been done to determine the best solution?
- Why is there no back-up plan?
- How will the cemetery be protected?
The taxpayer’s money – our money- is being used to finance this and it is an issue that concerns all Alcorn County citizens. This decision will affect this county for the next 20 years or the life of this landfill and should not be taken lightly. Every person in this county will be affected in one way or another.
RUBBISH IS STILL GARBAGE!
According to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Website,
A Class I rubbish site may receive the following wastes for disposal:
1. Construction & demolition debris, such as wood, metal, etc
2. Brick, mortar, concrete, stone, and asphalt
3. Cardboard boxes
4. Natural vegetation, such as tree limbs, stumps, and leaves
5. Appliances (other refrigerators and air conditioners) which have had the motor removed
6. Furniture
7. Plastic, glass, crockery and metal, except containers
8. Sawdust, wood shavings, and wood chips
9. Other similar wastes specifically approved by the department
