E&S Letter to Board of Selectmen re Transfer Station
Posted on | January 20, 2009 |
Anthony J. Bondi, Sean E. Donlan, Robert P. Duvall
Board of Selectmen
Haddam, CT January 20, 2009
Dear Selectmen:
Haddam’s Energy & Sustainability Committee has met several times since being appointed last year to promote efficiency and sustainable patterns of development, practices and operations of the Town and its residents.
One of the matters we have repeatedly discussed at length is the Town’s need for a transition from our current Transfer Station to an as-yet undetermined future waste management system.
The following are several basic questions we believe residents must have answers to before they can make good decisions about how to proceed. We look forward to your providing in-depth information to the public on these questions and others to be raised during the January 29 Hearing on the matter.
• What are all the possible methods of waste disposal which might make sense for Haddam and Haddam Neck, and what are the pros and cons of each?
• How much will each of these alternatives cost residents over the short and long term?
• What are the short and long term environmental impacts of the various methods of disposal?
• What information has been gathered about the types and quantities of waste Haddam generates?
• What possible methods might be used to decrease any portions of that waste stream to reduce disposal costs?
• What do we know about neighboring towns’ waste management systems, and their costs?
• What parts of Haddam’s waste management could be handled regionally with less cost and greater efficiency?
• Is an appropriate waste management solution for Haddam Neck the same as the one for the rest of Haddam?
The members of the Energy & Sustainability Committee thank you in advance for your candor on the topic.
Very sincerely,
Mark Stephens, Tom Worthley, Ben Tyson, Diane Sikorsky, John Friedlander, Philip Mueller, Phil Devlin
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