Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 5, 1993 TAG: 9311050180
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG LENGTH: Medium
The county will restrict use of the dumpsters to residents who pay monthly fees under its new trash system.
Dumping household trash in the county's dumpsters will now be illegal for residents of Pearisburg, Narrows and Glen Lyn, whose town boards decided against joining the county's trash plan several months ago.
Only county residents who pay the $13.75 monthly fee, including those who live in Rich Creek and Pembroke, will be allowed to use the green boxes, the board said. These two towns are participating in the county's trash service.
Those who do not pay the county fees will also be prohibited from disposing of old appliances and brush at the county's Klotz quarry collection lot near Ripplemead.
The supervisors said they regretted having to enforce the new restrictions, but that they had to be fair to county residents paying the monthly fee.
This week the county has also started monitoring the green boxes.
It is already illegal to discard anything but household trash in the dumpsters. Old sofas and mattresses, batteries and oil should be taken to the collection center in Klotz, said Dave Sweeney, the county's new environmental control officer.
Those who are caught violating these restrictions will be issued a summons and have to appear in court, said Sweeney, who will oversee the monitoring and is also a deputy sheriff.
The extension of the county's curbside service will begin next week with weekly pickup in Fairview Acres, Ingram Village and the Oney subdivisions on Tuesdays. Trash service will be extended south of Pearisburg along Virginia 100 to Virginia 622, following it to Virginia 708 and back to Virginia 100.
On Mondays the county will pick up trash along a new portion of Curve Road. Part of the road is already handled by Pearisburg.
Sweeney asked residents to leave trash either in plastic bags or cans at the shoulder of the road in front of their homes.
Last year, the county paid $29,450 to rent collection bins for recyclable trash and to haul the trash to Roanoke, Sweeney said. By taking recyclables to the Montgomery county landfill instead, the county would pay a third less than that. The supervisors approved the change, which will go into effect immediately.
The supervisors also authorized Sweeney to look into buying 27 new dumpsters to replace the leased bins. The county hopes to collect and transport recyclables itself, instead of having an outside agency do it for them, the supervisors said.
The supervisors also held a public hearing on the county's proposed six-year plan for secondary road improvements. The board heard requests for improvements from a number of county residents; however, the plan was approved unchanged by four of the five supervisors. Supervisor Ted Timberlake was absent from Wednesday's meeting.
At the top of the list, the new Pembroke bridge project is scheduled to be advertised for construction next April. Other projects to be advertised next year include replacement of the bridge over Wolf Creek and improvements to Wolf Creek, Rocky Hollow and Kanode Roads and Woodland Drive.
by CNB