Dive summary:
- The Lewiston, Maine City Council has voted to allow Casella an additional four months of legal leeway regarding construction of their new recycling facility.
- Once the lease is signed, Casella has an extra two months, bringing the total to 12 months, to begin construction; Once they start, Casella now has eight months to complete construction, up from six.
- Town officials said they realized fairly quickly that the time originally given was not enough due to the lengthy state regulatory process.
From the article:
We felt that six months was probably not adequate to order the equipment, get it in, construct it all and get it operational," Oliver said.
The solid waste company plans to build a 15,000-square-foot automated recycling center south of the city's landfill at the transfer station on River Road this summer. The facility would replace the city's recycling shed.
The center would take recyclables collected from communities in Maine, sort them and sell them on the commodities market.
Dan Gregoire of 19 Mitchell St. said he was still concerned about the city having a close relationship with Casella. Gregoire was one of the residents who opposed making any deal with the solid waste company. ...
