September 14

New North Transfer Station plans

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If you’re interested in seeing the latest designs for the new North Transfer Station, go to the stakeholder meeting tonight from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 N. 34th St.

Seattle Public Utilities invites the public to review and comment on the initial design concepts, and to listen to additional design ideas. The goal is to narrow down the options from seven to one over the course of four meetings.

Concept 1: Base Scenario

More information about rebuilding the transfer stations can be found here.

Back in May, we reported about some concerns about the North Recycling and Disposal Station (NRDS) that had to do with traffic issues.

This is part of the planning process in rebuilding the transfer station, which is at 1350 N. 34th St. Ir was originally built as a garbage transfer station (pre-recycling) in the mid 1960’s. SPU states, “It was designed to treat all materials as waste and to transfer it all to a landfill.”

The station was not designed to handle the influx of yard waste and recycling that comes into the station in addition to garbage. Each of these materials is managed separately and transported elsewhere. SPU’s current facility, it says, does not provide adequate square footage or circulation for current or future recycling, and solid waste transfer operations.

They are other problems, too: equipment breakdowns and inadequate odor and noise control.


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