Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 12, 1991 TAG: 9103120194
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-4 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: By PAUL DELLINGER SOUTHWEST BUREAU
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
Councilman Jack Hunley added to his motion endorsing the 834-acre tract known as "Site 40" the condition that Virginia 712 (Miller's Creek Road) be used as the access to it.
Council also authorized aerial photography as the next step in getting data on the site for approval from state health officials, on condition that the Wythe County Board of Supervisors also endorses Site 40.
The supervisors are scheduled to consider the site selection today at 2 p.m.
The four governing bodies had apparently narrowed their landfill search to Site 40 and a 1,539-acre site termed Site 39 in the same area. A number of residents in the Max Meadows area have expressed opposition to Site 40, however, due to concerns about a landfill affecting underground water there.
One of those residents, Carolyn Widner, told a reporter earlier Tuesday that the greater acreage of Site 39 should mean a that the site could be used for a longer time and thus save money, even if Site 40 costs less to purchase now.
She also said a report from Draper Aden, technical consultants hired by the localities to help choose a landfill site, indicates a greater soil depth on Site 39 than on 40.
In other business Monday night, council granted a certificate of public need for a second taxi business in Wytheville. Brad Falwell, who would operate the Direct Coach Cab Co., now must provide insurance and other information to council.
Nearly 30 people came to the meeting to support Falwell's application and to complain about the existing Service Cab Co. They complained of impolite drivers, excessive rates, being kept waiting for unreasonable lengths of time and too much reliance on a single cab company.
by CNB