MEDIA RELEASE

The Waimea Solid Waste Transfer Station is scheduled to be closed for paving Tuesday, September 15 through Thursday, September 17, 2009. The transfer station is scheduled to reopen on Friday, September 18, 2009.

This facility’s HI5 Recycling Center and Mixed Recycling Bins are scheduled to be closed on Monday, September 14, 2009 in preparation for the paving work.

The construction project, budgeted at $750,000, is on schedule for completion by the end of October 2009.

During this temporary closure period, residents are encouraged to utilize the Honoka‘a and Puakō Solid Waste Transfer Stations.

For more information, contact Terin Gloor, SWD Civil Engineer, at 961-8058 or go to the County Solid Waste Division’s website: www.hawaiizerowaste.org