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Sierra Club asks Homestead to press Miami‑Dade for pause on incinerator vote
Summary
Ken Russell, representing the Sierra Club, told the Homestead City Council on Oct. 16 that Miami‑Dade County is scheduled to vote on Nov. 6 on a replacement waste‑to‑energy facility and its proposed Airport West site and urged the city to request a deferral until a county solid‑waste master plan and fiscal study are completed.
Ken Russell, representing the Sierra Club, told the Homestead City Council on Oct. 16 that Miami‑Dade County is scheduled to vote on Nov. 6 on a replacement waste‑to‑energy facility and its proposed Airport West site. Russell said the county has not completed a countywide solid waste master plan or a city‑level fiscal impact assessment and urged Homestead to ask the county to defer the decision.
Why it matters: Russell told the council the county’s earlier incinerator burned down more than a year ago and that the county’s current process risks locking in a multidecade expenditure without first studying alternatives or the downstream costs to cities that will have to haul waste farther. “Anything prior to a solid waste master plan is a bit hasty,” Russell…
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