Wake County Gains Time to Consider Landfill Options

Date: October 11, 2001

Source: News Room

One of Wake County, N.C.'s largest governmental concerns, what to do with its waste, has eased considerably over the past few months as officials have realized that the county's landfill will not fill up for at least four years thanks to increased diversion efforts. The North Wake landfill in Raleigh was expected to close in 2003. At that time, the South Wake landfill at a site in Holly Springs was supposed to take its place. But the county's permit to build South Wake is tangled up in court as the town of 9,200 struggles against the plan.

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