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Future Garbage

The county is looking for a
site north of Charlottesville,
because, according to growth
projections, this is where the
bulk of future garbage will
originate.

The city, on the other hand,
needs a site that will be close
enough to its population so
that its citizens will not be
drained financially by footing
the cost of transportation to
the site. And as far as both the
city and county residents are
concerned, "nobody wants
one-anywhere near them."

Presently, both the city and
county are using the county
landfill site at Ivy, and
according to estimates, this site
could conceivably
accommodate both the city
and county for 20 years.
However, because of poor
access roads, increasing traffic
and citizen discontent, the
County Zoning Board of
Appeals denied the city the
usage of the Ivy site last
February.

The city took their case to
court and U.S. Circuit Court
Judge Berry granted them a
temporary restraining order
enabling them to use the
landfill over the county's
objections.