Landfill proposes expansion amid rise in construction waste

The Wake County Board of Commissioners will consider a proposal for an expansion at the Shotwell Landfill in Wendell.
Posted 6/9/2025, 10:30:42 PM Updated 6/10/2025, 12:58:08 AM

INVESTIGATING EXACTLY WHAT

CAUSED THIS CRASH.

>> CHANGES COULD SOON BE COMING

TO A WAKE COUNTY LANDFILL.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOT.

WELL LANDFILL NEAR WENDELL

STAFF THERE. WANT TO ADD MORE

THAN 11 ACRES OF DISPOSAL

GROUND AT THE SITE THAT WRAL'S

QUIN SNYDER EXPLAINS THE SPIKE

IN CONSTRUCTION IS BEHIND THIS

PROPOSAL BEING MET WITH

SKEPTICISM FROM SOME WHO LIVE

NEARBY

IT SURELY HAS LIVED IN WENDELL

FOR MORE THAN 4 DECADES.

SHE CAN SEE THE SHOT WELL

LANDFILL FROM HER FRONT YARD.

I DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY, BUT I

I DON'T THINK I'D LIKE THEM

TO GET MORSE.

>> TRUCKS AND NOW THAT WAS HER

REACTION TO HEARING ABOUT A

NEW PROPOSAL WHICH CALLS FOR AN

ADDED 11 ACRES OF DISPOSAL

SPACE IN THE LANDFILLS EXISTING

PROPERTY THAT CURVE, RIGHT?

WHO RODE ALONG WITH SITE

MANAGER COOPER THOR TO SEE

WHERE THE EXPANSION WOULD GO

WITHIN THE FACILITY.

>> THAT ONLY COLLECTS

CONSTRUCTION WASTE. SO IT'S

ALL OF YOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

>> AND YOU'RE DEMOLITION THAT'S

COMING THROUGH. SO IT'S IT'S

NOT YOUR HOUSE GARBAGE, YOUR

FOOD WASTE OR ANYTHING OF THAT

NATURE. HE TELLS US THE AMOUNT

OF TRASH ACCEPTED AND OPERATING

HOURS WOULD NOT CHANGE WITH

THE EXPANSION. WHAT IS

CHANGING, HE SAYS IS THE AMOUNT

OF BUILDING GOING ON IN THE

REGION. MEETING ADDED PRESSURE

TO EXTEND THIS LANDFILLS

LIFETIME. WE SEE THAT MORE

EVERY DAY THAT THESE.

>> LANZA TURNING INTO

DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL OF THAT

WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION

GENERATE SO MUCH MORE WASTE AT

A PLACE HAS TO GO IN NEARBY

KNIGHTDALE CITY DATA SHOWS

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTIAL.

LOTS OF UNITS HAVE BEEN

RECENTLY APPROVED. THAT WASTE

HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE. A

SENTIMENT ECHOED DURING

MONDAY'S WAKE COUNTY COMMISSION

WORKSHOP. WE HAD NO LACK OF

CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA.

SO WE REALLY NEED.

>> GROUPS LIKE YOURS HELPING US

OUT WITH THAT PROPOSED

EXPANSIONS. THAT SHOT WILL HAVE

COME UNDER FIRE FROM NEIGHBORS

AND LEADERS BEFORE THIS TIME.

SHIRLEY SAYS SHE HOPES THE

TRUCK TRAFFIC DOES NOT WORSEN

IN THE AREA. TRAFFIC. WE CAN'T

GET OUT.

>> PROBABLY FROM 7.38. AND THEN

FOR 35 AMID A CONSTRUCTION

SPIKE, THIS LANDFILL LOOKING

TO EXTEND ITS LIFETIME TO 2037

FOOT SLIDER WRAL, NEWS WINDOW.

>> A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE

PROPOSED EXPANSION IS SCHEDULED

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