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Meridian Waste requests landfill tonnage increase; Lunenburg board orders traffic study before decision
Summary
Meridian Waste asked the board to raise its daily landfill tonnage limit from 1,500 to 2,000 tons and offered $100,000 toward road improvements; board members cited traffic-safety concerns and requested an updated traffic count and route study before voting.
Meridian Waste asked the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 8 to increase the landfill’s allowable daily tonnage from 1,500 to 2,000 tons. Company representative Tim Webb said Meridian Waste remains in compliance with the host agreement and that approval would trigger a $100,000 contribution toward road improvements.
Ronald Williams, the county's solid waste citizen advisory representative, had earlier told the board that 100 trucks per day (about one every three minutes) would be a safety concern on roads leading to the landfill. Board members responded that they wanted more information before making a decision: Chairman Alvester L. Edmonds and members of the Solid Waste Committee asked that the committee meet, Supervisor Edward Pennington asked for a traffic count and route study and Supervisor Robert Zava recommended traffic studies on the two roads leading to the facility. County Attorney Frank Rennie noted the last traffic count was conducted in 2019 and supported obtaining new data.
Meridian Waste said it seeks a decision to proceed, but the board deferred action and requested an updated traffic analysis and committee review before taking a formal vote.
