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Good progress constructing Waco's new landfill means it could open about three months before the current landfill hits capacity. "To me that's still a race against the clock," Petillo said.
Waco's long-term plans to make Mary Avenue a festival street are taking another step forward with compactors in red-brick enclosures replacing front-loading dumpsters.
The impending closure of Lacy Lakeview’s filling landfill and general growth in the area loom over Waco’s anticipated closure date for its current site at 1624 Hannah Hill Road.
The city of Waco will pay $4.75 million to Limestone County as a "host fee" for a new muncipal landfill that will mostly sit within that county's boundaries.
“The whole collection at Second and Mary and Third and Mary is an eyesore and we’re ready to get that behind us,” Solid Waste Director Kody Petillo said.