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Century Joins Opposition To Proposed Conecuh Woods Landfill
February 22, 2011
The Town of Century has officially joined the long list of governments opposed to a new 5,100 acre landfill project in Conecuh County, Alabama.
The town passed a resolution Monday expressing opposition to the Conecuh Woods landfill, with copies of the resolution to be sent to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Conecuh County Commission, which has until April 2 to make a decision on the landfill proposal.
“It’s a disaster waiting to happen,” Repton, Alabama, Mayor Terri Carter told the Century Town Council Monday night. The new landfill will be located just outside Repton. “When you hear that, you think in your mind, not in my backyard.
But Carter said the issue is not just Repton or Conecuh County, but everyone downstream from the landfill.
“This issue is not going to effect just us, it will effect everyone in this room,” she said in Century. She said that “rumor” indicates over 750 rail cars of waste would travel through the area each day to the landfill. Conecuh Woods’ landfill, which will include a 1,600 acre “disposal cell” from Range to Repton to near the Big Escambia Creek. Big Escambia Creek flows southward into Escambia County, Alabama, through Flomaton and drains through a North Escambia swamp near Century into the Escambia River and then Escambia Bay.
“Nobody knows more than we do that Florida’s rules on water quality are tougher than Alabama’s,” Century Mayor Freddie McCall said. ““If it comes into our river, Florida is in trouble immediately.”
Carter has vowed to continue her fight against a mega-landfill in Conecuh County. “If I have to live in garbage, I am going to make it as miserable as possible for them,” she said.
She encouraged everyone to attend a public hearing and speak out against the landfill March 10, 9 a.m. at Reid State Technical College in Evergreen, Alabama.
Escambia County, Fla., Escambia County, Ala., Baldwin County, Monroe County, Atmore, Flomaton, Brewton, East Brewton Excel, Frisco City, Excel, Monroeville, Repton and the Poarch Creek Indians have all passed resolutions in opposition to Conecuh Woods.
Pictured top: Repton, Alabama, Mayor Terri Carter addresses the Century Town Council Monday night in opposition to a proposed 5,100 acre landfill in Conecuh County, Alabama. Pictured inset: Century Town Council President Ann Brooks reads a resolution opposing the dump. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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7 Responses to “Century Joins Opposition To Proposed Conecuh Woods Landfill”
I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from Auburn University—I know the long term effects of this landfill—A sophisticated discussion of what will happen is totally unnecessary and plays into the hands of those uncaring mercenaries who want nothing more than the momentary satisfaction of a large handfull of money to whet their appetite for a season–It took literally thousands of years to create the oasis that now exist from Repton down the road to the end of the landfill at Deer Range—-In less than one year all that creation which has given us so much unnoticed satisfaction will be gone and we will never get it back—-It will be much like the loss of a love one whose value only becomes apparent after they are gone never to return and we spend our last days wishing we could have another chance to be with them—-Decent people who look at this awfull assault on our land can only conclude that this has to be stopped—I am 73 years old and my latest sun is sinking fast, my race is nearly run, my strongest trials now are past, my triumph has begun—So it is not me I am worried about but countless others who will come after me and not know the indescribeable beauty that existed on this beautiful land before it was reeking with awfull human waste which will chase away the birds, the squirrels, the bobcats,the butterflies and the early blooms of springs with a stench that will be caught in the breeze and carried miles to Excel, Frisco City, Monroeville, Uriah causing an unpleasant existance to what was once a wonderful place to live!!
REGARDING:
“alas the trade off of agriculture. not much you can do about that. ”
Opposed to agriculture too?
Actually, pine plantings are agriculture (even if some might call it silvatculture) just like soy bean fields and peanut crops, they just look a lot like forests other than the limited biodiversity.
David for crossing peanuts with kudzu
even in this country there are droughts. why do you think t-bone pickens goes around buying up water rights out there in texas and oklahoma? he is no dummy. protect alabama and florida’s water ways and aquifers. say no to toxic waste and toxic waste sites and anything or anyone that threatens our clean water supply. it is a gift and a treasure. once it is polluted, it will be so expensive to clean up if not impossible. look at the old growth forests that were once around these parts. the paper mills can plant all the pine plantations it wants, it isn’t the same. it doesn’t offer the same bio-diversity. alas the trade off of agriculture. not much you can do about that. but we can say no to this dadburn dump!
way to go century. this is the most beautiful area on the planet and the water is some of the finest. future generations will have something spectacular if the citizens and businesses do their part to insure that for future generations it too will be theirs to inherit. our kiddos of today will reap big time if we take steps now to protect the clean fresh water that flows so generously in this area. it is so easy to take for granted as all i have to do is turn on a faucet and out comes clean fresh water. more precious than gold, it sustains life. billions of people worldwide are without access to clean fresh water. some must travel miles to the closest dirty parasite infested watering hole.
site for details and maps
http://www.nodumpconecuhcounty.com/maps.html
Is there a site where we can go and look at an arial view of where the site is going to be?
I was wondering how long it would be before Century finally got involved. I’m sure it had nothing to do with last weeks article that showed every town and community within 50-75 miles were listed as involved but Century.