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Residents urge Beaufort County to drop plan to consolidate convenience centers into two 'mega sites'
Summary
Multiple residents told the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners they oppose a proposal to replace local convenience waste collection centers with two large consolidated "mega sites," citing travel distances, job losses and likely illegal dumping; commissioners urged patience while staff completes planning.
Multiple Beaufort County residents used the board's public comment period to urge commissioners to abandon a proposal to consolidate neighborhood convenience waste sites into two large "mega sites." The comments arrived as county staff have been discussing a plan the public says surfaced only recently.
Public commenter (identified in the meeting transcript) told commissioners, “This is a total disservice to the people of Beaufort County” and said most residents learned of the plan only after it circulated on social media.
The complaint framed the proposed change as a practical and geographic problem for a large, river-split county. "Folks have absolutely no desire to drop one end of the county to the other just to dump their household trash," the public…
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