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Coconut Creek commissioner urges residents to oppose proposed Monarch Hill Landfill expansion
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Commissioner Josh Rydell urged Coconut Creek residents to contact Broward County commissioners and oppose a proposal by Waste Management to increase the Monarch Hill Landfillheight by about 100 feet and expand onto roughly 26 acres, a plan he called environmentally unsound.
Commissioner Josh Rydell of the Coconut Creek City Commission urged residents to oppose a proposed expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill, saying Waste Management seeks to raise the site by about 100 feet and expand it onto roughly 26 acres.
Rydell framed the proposal as a regional environmental issue and said the city has opposed landfill growth for more than a decade. "Waste management has been trying to increase both the height and the width of the landfill for almost a decade, and we have been very successful in that fight," he said.
The commissioner said the issue is expected to…
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