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Hobbs officials discuss shifting narrow-alley pickups to curbside as Waste Management outlines safety, access plans
Summary
Waste Management told the Hobbs City Commission narrow alleys, utility placement and truck size make alley service unsafe in several neighborhoods and recommended moving roughly 137–175 weekly collection stops to curbside, with special assisted services for seniors and disabled residents; commissioners agreed to staff ride-alongs before setting a start date.
Waste Management representatives told the Hobbs City Commission on Monday that the company is proposing to move services in several neighborhoods from alley pickup to curbside because narrow alleys, gas meters and utility poles make alley collection hazardous for drivers and vulnerable to damaging new infrastructure.
"It's not that they're dangerous, it's that we're dangerous in them," Don Taylor, a senior Waste Management route manager, said during a presentation on the constraints his crews face in tight turns and near buried gas meters. Taylor said the company’s current trucks are about 22 feet long and that crews often…
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