What are the transportation routes to the landfill and how many trucks per day use these roads?
Existing state roads (Routes 12, 12 D, 294, 26 and 46) are used to haul waste to the landfill. These existing routes are used daily by private truckers to transport goods such as logs, furniture, bulk milk, fuel, gravel, etc. to and from Ava/Boonville area industries, farms and businesses. Based on an evaluation using the State Department of Transportation standards, these roads are adequate to handle the additional 50 trucks per day that includes transfer-trailers, leachate tankers and direct haul waste trucks. The Authority constructed a turn lane on NYS Route 294 and an entrance road for Site WLE-5 East in 2004. This turn lane accommodates the landfill traffic turning left off Route 294 into the landfill site, thereby minimizing the potential for traffic conflicts at this intersection. The location of the landfill site entrance road is also positioned to optimize sight distance considerations for traffic entering and exiting the landfill site.
