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Larimer County says new landfill and transfer-station contracts awarded; cost and cleanup work remain priorities
Summary
County staff reported an award for the new landfill project and a contract to build a transfer station at the existing site, described partnerships with Fort Collins and Loveland on construction/demolition recycling and cost-sharing, and said remediation and methane capture work is planned at the 60+-year-old existing site.
Larimer County officials updated the joint work session that the county has identified funding partners and executed project contracts to build a new regional landfill and a transfer station at the existing county disposal site.
“I'll be brief on this update, but it's all good news,” said Laurie Cadridge, assistant county manager, who presented the briefing. County staff said recent procurement activity produced an award for construction of the new landfill and a contract to build a transfer station at the existing site so trucks can offload to larger trailers for longer-haul trips to the new facility.
County staff said earlier estimates in plans written more than five years ago had underestimated the cost of building a new landfill and related facilities (those documents listed totals under $50 million). Current cost estimates for a…
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