It’s not just the residents who are going to get ‘burnt’

The county plans to spend more than $4 million to upgrade Reichs Ford Road. The county operates a temporary transfer station on this inadequate road. I hope this isn’t a premonition to what’s to come.

I just hope that the Frederick Board of County Commissioners will plan better for the disposal of our solid waste so as to not become a nuisance to property owners.

The commissioners have the option of siting a transfer station and resource recovery park or another disposal facility on an appropriate site in an industrial area, which would permit seven-day-a-week access 24 hours per day while saving $4 million in road improvements.

Let’s aggressively recycle, reuse construction and demolition debris, divert from the landfill, initiate a pay-as-you-throw system, and implement a ‘‘bargain barn” where residents can drop off items that still can be used.

Visit www.cvswmd.org to view more possibilities of zero-waste initiatives. There are so many other environmentally friendly avenues other than waste-to-energy incineration.

Karen Dow, Frederick

The writer is president of the Citizens Association for Preserving⁄Restoring Our Community.