Five months after county council closed the Hillsburgh transfer station, residents are apparently pleased with the new options they have available.
Solid waste services committee chairman Bob Wilson cited a report from county engineer Gord Ough that stated for several weeks after the closure of the Hillsburgh site, residents were still arriving to leave trash – apparently unaware of the site being closed for environmental safety reasons.
But Ough also noted that residents thanked the staff on site for the information.
“There was typically little or no negative reaction; just a thank-you for the information,” Ough stated in his report.
Wilson was also pleased to relay Ough’s comments about residents who drove to the Belwood transfer station.
He told county council “It was interesting there how satisfied people of Erin were.”
He added comments made to the Belwood staff included “Why not have something like this in Erin?”
Wilson had an answer for that. “They had a chance years ago.”
He was referring to a transfer station planned for Ospringe that had been approved and then killed after the 2003 election.
Erin residents have had the option of curbside pick-up since Hillsburgh was closed, and Ough noted in his report they were at first slow to respond, but five months later, over 50 per cent of households are now taking advantage of that service.
Ough concluded. “The vast majority of Erin residents seem to be adopting well.”
