Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 4/14/2021 4:23:49 PM
There’s no question the Dublin Transfer Station’s storage trailers need to be replaced. The question before voters is, what to replace them with? Transfer station superintendent Tom Kennedy is rooting for a new building, rather than more trailers.
The transfer station’s current trailers are 20 years old on average, he said. Two are condemned, another was never suited for storage, and another is being braced to prevent it from collapsing. Trailers present a number of safety issues for transfer station staff, Kennedy said. “The roofs leak, the floors rot, the forklift keeps falling through,” he said, “and then they sink into the mud.” Furthermore, it’s easy for trailer roofs to sag and collapse under ice and snow, so trailers need to either be shoveled or reinforced, Kennedy said. “I just don’t think they’re worth it,” he said.