“Thank you for listening to us, and thank you for hearing us,” said Emily Ryan, a resident who organized a petition in the community that would have been impacted by the project.
Under a proposal the Baldwin County Commission was considering, the Red Hill Landfill, which has been closed for 30 years, would reopen for construction waste, and the county would also open a trash transfer station next to it.
In a public comment document that is over 300 pages, the Baldwin County School District included a map warning the commission of the danger the landfill and transfer station would cause to Bay Minette Middle School and Baldwin County High School.that he was concerned about the local schools, airport and environment. These properties would hold construction waste, he said, which would mean some trash could be flammable, such as lithium ion batteries.
Tuesday’s vote came after months of back and forth between the county and Bay Minette residents who live on or near Red Hill Road. The vote was delayed from the commission’s Oct. 3 meeting in order to allow commissioners more time to deliberate. “Red Hill made good sense for a lot of different reasons,” said Terri Graham, CEO of the Solid Waste Disposal Authority. “The people obviously were very much against the project, so we have our work cut out for us to find a new location, and that is going to take some time.”
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