Commissioner Candidate Comments On Proposed Waste Station

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA -- Proposals for a 50 acre-solid waste transfer station were filed earlier this month with Gwinnett County and the state. Located in eastern Gwinnett County, the location would take trash from local households and store it before relocating it to a landfill.

The site proposed for the Ozora Road transfer station, at 875 Ozora Road, near Loganville, is mostly a lot of trees and undeveloped land. On one side, there's a quarry operated by Vulcan Materials. One side is near Tribble Mill Park and just north of Gwinnett’s border with Walton County. Then, the northern and western borders of the proposed site will abutt residential neighborhoods.

County Commissioner candidate Derrick Wilson emailed comments on the proposed Ozora Road waste transit station to Patch. Here is his statement:

As a parent, I have great concerns about the Ozora Road waste transit facility being approved within our community. The current site being considered by the Board of Commissioner is right outside one of the largest parks within the county and situated right outside an elementary school and middle school and in the middle of a neighborhood.

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According to a May 2016 article provided by Oxford University Press, Science Daily,“research has shown a strong association between hydrogen sulfide (used as a surrogate for all pollutants co-emitted from landfills) and deaths caused by lung cancer, as well as deaths and hospitalizations caused by respiratory diseases. The results were especially prominent in children... Respiratory symptoms were detected among residents living close to waste sites. These were linked in inhalation exposure to endotoxin, microorganisms, and aerosols from waste collection and land filling. This is consistent with other studies; however, the association between living proximity to landfill sites and causes of lung cancer is a new finding.”

I stand with the residents of Lakeview Plantation as well as the Homeowners Association President, Daniel Potter, that to put this location right outside neighborhoods in proximity of schools as well as parks, is not only irresponsible but detrimental to the health and well being of the residents of the area, especially the children. I plan on being at both the Gwinnett County Planning Commission hearing on July 2, and the Board of Commissioners’ meeting on July 23 in support of the residents in the area and the residents of District 3.