KINGWOOD — Work is going forward for the annual county-wide Preston County e-cycle event that is set for Aug. 21 at the Kingwood Civic Center. Time and other information about the event will be available later.
Due to the amount of traffic at the events, Don Smith, who represents the Preston County Commission on the county’s solid waste board, which met Wednesday, said large signs will be put up to make traffic flow more efficient. Last year, 226 vehicles dropped off electronics and other items.
The City of Kingwood provides employees to help with traffic flow and check identification. Only residents of Preston County are eligible to participate in the event.
“I’ll talk to the city about a truck to load CRTs on,” Smith said.
No decision about what to charge for the CRTs has been made. A CRT, or cathode ray tube, is a specialized vacuum tube that most desktop computer displays make use of. Money collected for the CRTs would be used for the tipping fee. City workers will take the CRTs to the transfer station the Monday after the event.
“We (the solid waste board) will pay any difference, if necessary,” Smith said about the fees.
In other business, Preston Litter Officer Jay Sowers said cleanup is continuing in the county. He said he wanted to thank volunteers, Cub Scouts, Rotary Club members and church members who helped with the recent cleanup. He added that Kristy Ash had a big crew of volunteers that recently cleaned up along Dinkenburger Road.
Sowers said he was also handing out citations to people who had junk around their homes. He said one person received a $2,500 minimum fine for junk around their home.
Sowers said buildings he is considering for citations are in Borgman, Pisgah, Reedsville, Arthurdale, Dogtown Road, Dinkenburger Road, and Tunnelton.
He told board members another area that he would like to see addressed is trucks fined for not having tarps covering their loads of trash. Sowers said he has seen open bags on top of some of the trucks and litter flying out of the bags.
“I found one bag along the road from Terra Alta,” he said. “I know it was from there, because it had a sewage bill in it. Every time I go down the road, I see cardboard boxes and stuff that has blown off trucks.”
He said a truck brake check area at Coopers Rock is an area where people are throwing garbage in the Dumpster that shouldn’t be there.
“I found white bags from Arizona and gallon juice containers of urine. It’s not the locals doing it,” Sowers said. “It’s probably one of the worst thing you’ll ever see coming into West Virginia.”
Groups and individuals that would like to volunteer to help clean-up can call Sowers at 304-698-5594.
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