Diverting solid waste from a Dayton landfill that for months has been the focus of odor complaints would cost Montgomery County about $2.1 million more, making the move too costly, documents show.
The county had been exploring the use of an alternative site to Stony Hollow Landfill after hundreds of complaints were lodged from several nearby communities about the Waste Management-owned site's inability to contain odors at the South Gettysburg Avenue location.
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But a financial advisory committee for the county’s solid waste management has recommended against that move. Documents indicate the costs to use another location would be $15.6 million over a 14-month span. The current option costs $13.4 million over the same time period, records show.
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