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County reports dramatic drop in transfer-station wait times after layout changes; residential trailer access expanded
Summary
Public services staff said reconfiguration at the county transfer station and operational changes at a nearby drop box reduced commercial trailer wait times from hours to under 30 minutes; county will monitor performance and has opened the Toodle drop box to residential trailers starting Saturday.
Mike Moss, public services director, told the board Wednesday that recent physical and operational changes at the county transfer station sharply cut commercial-trailer wait times that had stretched to three to three-and-a-half hours. "We think we overcame a large hurdle there this last week," Moss said, describing the removal of a wall near the conveyor belt and a new traffic pattern that separated packer trucks from commercial trailers. The change nearly doubled floor space in the conveyor area, Moss said, and staff observed wait times fall to about 17–23 minutes after the work. “The longest I saw yesterday is, like, 23…
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