Hanover Board of Supervisors votes to approve expansion of Ashcake Road Landfill

Ashcake Road Landfill expansion approved

After several hours of public comment Wednesday-night, the Hanover County supervisors narrowly approved the expansion of the Ashcake Road Landfill, which borders the historically Black community of Brown Grove.

Hanover officials approve controversial landfill expansion project

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 to approve the Ashcake Road Landfill Expansion project Wednesday night, which will convert a portion of an existing borrow pit into a construction debris landfill. The proposal drew passionate responses, with dozens of residents crowding into the Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting room to voice their opinions. "I'm very concerned about our natural resources …

Hanover Board of Supervisors votes to approve expansion of Ashcake Road Landfill

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. The Hanover Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 to approve the expansion of the Ashcake Road Landfill Wednesday night.The existing 80-foot-tall landfill, which takes construction debris, is set to reach capacity sometime this summer.The expansion is essentially a second landfill on the same property as the existing one.The site takes 165 tons of waste a day on average and can receive upwards of 500 tons a day.Several business owne…

Landfill expansion faces multiple hurdles

VERNON COUNTY - The issue of the suitability for siting of a landfill on the underlying karst bedrock under the Vernon County Landfill is increasingly creating barriers to the county’s proposed expansion of the facility. While some, including county board members and the board’s retained hydrogeologist, dispute the site is underlain by karst, Wisconsin DNR has reserved judgment pending further investigations.

Green Ridge project voted on by Cumberland commission

The future of the proposed Green Ridge landfill is now in the hands of Cumberland County Supervisors. After a lengthy public hearing on Monday, April 21, planning commission members took two votes and eventually made a decision. By a 4-3 vote, with Stephen Donahue making the motion and Kevin Meadows seconding, the commission recommended to deny the application. Matthew Seal and Harry Donahue also voted to recommend denial, with Steve Rosen, Hube…