Texas city plans to build $18.75M transfer station

The city of Lubbock, Texas, plans to invest $18.75 million in a new transfer station to help make waste collection more efficient, reports KCBD 11, a local TV station.

The city hopes to save collection truck drivers a trip to the landfill serving the city of Lubbock, which is located about outside the city, reports the station.

Lubbock City Manager Jarrett Atkinson told KCBD the transfer station would cut out 60 to 90 minutes of driving time for waste collection drivers.

“Those trucks may have to now travel five to six to seven miles to be able to empty and turn right around and go back to work, rather than driving to the big regional landfill west of Abernathy and then coming back,” Atkinson told the station. “It’s huge for efficiency [and] helps you cover growth without having to just continue to add trucks. The trucks will last longer not being out on the highway as we go through all of that, and each truck will be able to service more cans per day than they can right now with all their drive time.”

The city has approved issuing bonds to pay for the project which would be paid off by savings in truck fuel and maintenance resulting from less time on the road.

The city of Lubbock told the station the transfer station should be operational by 2025.

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