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County staff weigh reservation pilot, camera feeds to cut 2–3 hour transfer-station waits
Summary
Cowlitz County staff and the contract operator discussed growing waits for tip trailers at the transfer station, possible short-term fixes including a reserved commercial window and pilot reservation system, and longer-term fixes such as a second transfer station and permitting constraints.
Mike Moss, public services director, told the Board of Commissioners that waits for tipping trailers at the county transfer station have grown to “2 to 3 hour waits” at peak times and that staff and the station contractor are testing short-term options to reduce queuing.
Why it matters: long waits affect residents and commercial haulers, increase calls to county offices and — staff said — may be driving some people to dump illegally in wooded areas.
Moss said the transfer-station building design places packer trucks, container trucks and tip trailers on the same tipping floor. “Twenty years ago, that worked out just fine because there was not so much volume,” he said, and added that volume increased after the COVID period when “a lot of people got trailers.” Moss told commissioners the county and the…
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