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DPWT director details recycling, landfill and $400 million paving backlog
Summary
The Department of Public Works and Transportation outlined accomplishments and capital needs: MRF capacity limits, Eastern Sanitary Landfill expansion, a roughly $400 million paving backlog, and ongoing sewer investments tied to a 2005 federal consent decree.
Lauren Buckler, director of Baltimore County's Department of Public Works and Transportation, presented the department's proposed capital priorities to the Planning Board subcommittee on Jan. 15 and answered board questions about operations and funding.
Buckler said DPWT has reduced its vacancy rate to about 11.7% and now has approximately 1,000 employees. The department reported handling nearly 600,000 tons of solid waste transferred in 2025 and that its materials recovery facility (MRF) processed roughly 64,000 tons of recyclables; Buckler said the MRF is "near the end of its lifespan" and…
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