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ECUA Member Larry Walker Wants To Give Allied Waste The Boot
July 4, 2008
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority District 5 member Larry Walker said Thursday night that he wants to see Allied Waste loose its waste franchise in North Escambia.
Walker told the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club that he wants to see the ECUA take over residential waste service north of 10 mile road when Allied’s franchise agreement with ECUA expires in early 2010.
“I am going to everything I can do to get the Allied franchise terminated in March 2010,” he said. Walker said ECUA would be able to provide more reliable waste service in North Escambia at the sam he would “continue to work hard as the District 5 representative”.
While it will not serve North Escambia, Walker said a crowning achievement of ECUA is the new wastewater treatment plant under construction near Solutia. It replaces the downtown wastewater treatment plant that flooded during Hurricane Ivan. It is expected to be online before the 2010 hurricane season.
“The economy of the area could be decimated if the downtown plant was wiped out by a hurricane,” Walker said.
Pictured above: ECUA District 5 board member Larry Walker speaks to the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club Thursday night.
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2 Responses to “ECUA Member Larry Walker Wants To Give Allied Waste The Boot”
I disagree. I get overbilled regularly by Allied and they add late charges that should not be added. They say it is a “computer billing problem” on their end but this has happened two times in the last 4 months… Shouldn’t it have been fixed the 1st time?…I wonder how many don’t notice these charges and simply pay them too much for an error made by Allied Waste?
What is wrong with the garbage pick-up we have? The service we have been provided is always timely, the drivers are friendly and make extra efforts to keep traffic flowing without putting residents in danger of wrecks. The city of Jacksonville Florida only has once per week pick-up, Allied Waste provides North Escambia residents with twice per week pick-up. What will ECUA offer, our fire taxes on this end already pay for fire hydrants we don’t get.