Waste Transfer Station vent work almost complete

The Whitman County Waste Transfer Station repair project for landfill cells no. 1 to no. 3 nears completion this week, to come in under estimate after re-design work by contractor M.A. DeAtley and Whitman County Public Works.

The project, which began last fall, will improve the cells' gas monitoring system by upgrading venting ports and sample ports, and repairing thick plastic coverings which had settled in spots.

“It's 95 to 98 percent done,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director.

Money saved in the area of fixing drainage features resulted when the re-design work made it so not as much di...