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Cary council approves keeping yard and food waste at downtown convenience center, appropriates $525,000

Cary Town Council · April 17, 2026
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Summary

At its April 16 work session, Cary Town Council unanimously approved staff’s recommendation to retain yard and food waste service at the downtown Dixon convenience center and to appropriate $525,000 from the general fund to begin design and construction, while removing town items from the North Carolina Railroad right-of-way.

The Cary Town Council voted unanimously April 16 to approve staff’s recommendation to keep yard and food waste services at the town’s downtown convenience center and to appropriate $525,000 from the general fund to a new capital project to carry out the work.

Shelley (staff) told the council the town must remove its materials from the North Carolina Railroad right-of-way to allow a federal CRISI grant project to move forward and that “the cost estimate for that is $175,000.” Staff presented three options: cease public services at the site (only town operations), retain yard and food/organics on the current site with design and construction (staff’s recommended option), or relocate additional services to a new site at an estimated $4–5 million.

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