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Heritage Hills residents urge city to pursue contractor insurance after garbage‑truck spills damage private roads
Summary
Residents told the commission that repeated fluid spills from waste‑collection trucks have degraded privately owned roads in Heritage Hills; they asked the city to press the contractor (Waste Connections) to file claims and repair surfacing instead of monthly pressure‑washing.
Several Heritage Hills residents addressed the Dade City Commission on Jan. 14 to say private neighborhood roads have been damaged by leaks and spills from waste‑collection trucks operating under the city’s contract. Speakers asked the city to pursue insurance claims against the contractor rather than rely on periodic pressure‑washing, which they said drives oil and hydraulic fluid deeper into asphalt and accelerates potholing.
Sue Queen described photos of ongoing damage and said the neighborhood has “a start of a pothole in front of my house…
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