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Richardson Residents: Take Action on Trash Transfer Station

Last year many of you sent a message to the state environmental agency and your elected officials requesting a public meeting on the Lookout Drive Transfer Station. Thanks to you, that meeting is happening next week—now we need you to attend and speak out for the neighborhood protections that will be necessary to preserve quality of life!

Tuesday, October 9th, 7:00 p.m.
Douglas Otto Middle School
504 North Star Rd, Plano, 75074 (map here)

You can attend the public meeting and testify, and you can send a message to Richardson and state officials urging them to stand up for clean, healthy communities. If you can’t attend the meeting, you can still send a letter to Richardson and state officials: Click here to download and send your letters now.

Neighborhood protections still not guaranteed

Community leaders and have engaged Richardson officials and the transfer station in discussions about how to improve the current situation as well as how to prevent future problems. The transfer station should act as a good neighbor by limiting the size of its expansion. The increased odor, noise, truck traffic, windblown waste and pollution that comes with a trash mega-station must be minimized.

In November 2010, residents secured a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an agreement in principle signed by Richardson officials and the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) stating their combined commitment to protecting area residents. Click here to see the protections that have been promised to the community. However, NTMWD did not include many of these provisions in its expansion application—and without this step, residents may not be guaranteed the protections we’ve been promised.

We need neighbors to attend the public meeting (and bring friends and family) and to send a message to local and state officials. Residents need to know that the transfer station will still provide all of the necessary community protections. Your comments will become part of the public record considered by state environmental agency during the expansion process. This is your chance to determine the future of your community!