A new trash transfer station may be built in Colorado Springs in an area dotted with apartment and office buildings.
The site is roughly 7 miles to the southeast of downtown Colorado Springs.
The project belongs to a company called Citywide LLC, and would go up at the intersection of the Hancock Expressway and Laramie Drive. The site has already been purchased by the company.
An official with Citywide has said that the facility will provide a convenient way for residents to dispose of their trash, while also reducing illegal dumping in the area.
Such facilities are designed to sort and separate trash before being sent to a recycling station or landfill. Typically, those facilities include a scale house, concrete pads, and several designated queuing lanes.
The project has sparked the opposition of area residents who say, among other things, that the facility could lower property values. An online petition urging city officials to deny approval of the project has so far been signed by more than 1,000 people.
Application papers for the project have not yet been filed with the City of Colorado Springs, nor has a construction schedule been announced.
Colorado Springs currently has around a dozen operating public and privately-run trash transfer stations in various locations around the city.
By Garry Boulard
