Franklin County will likely not build a new landfill once the current landfill has reached capacity, but will probably transition to a transfer station operation similar to many other coastal counties.
The current landfill is expected to have a remaining useful life of about 9 more years before it reaches capacity, and that’s only if our area is not hit by a major storm in that time.
At that point it will cost about 4.5 million dollars to close the site and about 55 thousand dollars a year for long-term care post closure.
Building a new landfill would require the county to purchase a large tract of suitable land, complete a lengthy permitting process and build a new landfill at an estimated construction cost of $10 to $15 million dollars.
Moving to a ‘County Transfer Station’ operation in lieu of a new landfill would cost about $2.5 million.
The County would likely be able to use money through the RESTORE Act to pay for the project – earlier this month the commission agreed to add the transfer station project to the county’s RESTORE multiyear plan.
County staff said it would be good to get the transfer operation started as soon as possible because that would extend the life of the current landfill.
They also pointed out that having the transfer station in place would not keep Franklin County from building a new landfill in the future if it is deemed necessary.
Franklin County will have a feasibility study done to help county commissioners estimate the costs to permit and construct a Municipal Solid Waste transfer station and administrative building.
It will also look at the capacity, intended size and level of service, manpower and equipment operations costs to properly operate and maintain the proposed transfer station.
The current landfill is expected to have a remaining useful life of about 9 more years before it reaches capacity, and that’s only if our area is not hit by a major storm in that time.
At that point it will cost about 4.5 million dollars to close the site and about 55 thousand dollars a year for long-term care post closure.
Building a new landfill would require the county to purchase a large tract of suitable land, complete a lengthy permitting process and build a new landfill at an estimated construction cost of $10 to $15 million dollars.
Moving to a ‘County Transfer Station’ operation in lieu of a new landfill would cost about $2.5 million.
The County would likely be able to use money through the RESTORE Act to pay for the project – earlier this month the commission agreed to add the transfer station project to the county’s RESTORE multiyear plan.
County staff said it would be good to get the transfer operation started as soon as possible because that would extend the life of the current landfill.
They also pointed out that having the transfer station in place would not keep Franklin County from building a new landfill in the future if it is deemed necessary.
Franklin County will have a feasibility study done to help county commissioners estimate the costs to permit and construct a Municipal Solid Waste transfer station and administrative building.
It will also look at the capacity, intended size and level of service, manpower and equipment operations costs to properly operate and maintain the proposed transfer station.
The Feasibility Study will be done by the County’s Engineers Dewberry & Associates.
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