{"id":2502,"date":"2019-07-03T20:32:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2019-07-03T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:32:08","slug":"trelawny-solid-waste-transfer-station-gets-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2502","title":{"rendered":"Trelawny solid waste transfer station gets approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Public Investment\nManagement Secretariat (PIMSEC) has approved the National Solid Waste\nManagement Authority\u2019s (NSWMA) construction of a new garbage transfer station\nin Trelawny.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, says that\nthe station will serve as an area where trucks can deposit solid waste prior to\nbeing loaded onto larger vehicles and transported to designated disposal sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He advised that the process to construct the facility now\nadvances to the next phase, \u201cwhere the consultant is to bring us the design and\nBill of Quantities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Gordon said the transfer station, with its multiple\nbenefits, \u201cis a win-win for all\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you put a transfer station in Daniel Town, instantly\nTrelawny will become a cleaner parish. The truck that now loads in Daniel Town\nwill take roughly two hours to drop-off and make another round. If we put a\ntransfer station in closer proximity, that truck could clean approximately 20\ncommunities within that time,\u201d Mr. Gordon outlined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He indicated that solid waste will be temporarily stored at\nthe transfer station and moved to designated landfills, preferably at nights\nwhen there is less traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe transfer station will help us to save on fuel, and wear\nand tear on the vehicles; but most importantly, communities will be cleaned\nquicker,\u201d the Executive Director added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr.&nbsp; Gordon pointed\nout that the strategic placement of transfer stations is consistent with the\nGovernment\u2019s thrust and NSWMA\u2019s mandate to create a cleaner environment for\ncitizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, says that the station will serve as an area where trucks can deposit solid waste prior to being loaded onto larger vehicles and transported to designated disposal sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1356,852,1355,314,30],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-audley-gordon","tag-national-solid-waste-management-authority","tag-public-investment-management-secretariat","tag-trelawny","tag-western-jamaica"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}