http://mdcoastdispatch.com/2016/03/04/resort-to-step-up-boardwalk-trash-collection-at-night-with-new-vehicle-extra-shift/ Resort To Step Up Boardwalk Trash Collection At Night With New Vehicle, Extra Shift 03/04/2016 Shawn Soper
[image] (crowds on the Boardwalk) Photo by Chris Parypa OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved a plan to increase trash collection on the south end of the Boardwalk during the season ... pending sale of certain heavy equipment ... would result in roughly $100,000 ... to purchase three new vehicles, including an electric “green” truck which would be dedicated to stepping up trash collection on the busy south end of the Boardwalk during the busy summer season. The proposed electric vehicle would be utilized by a second trash collection crew to more frequently empty the trash barrels on the south end of the Boardwalk ... the crews can’t keep up with the volume of trash generated in the downtown area and adding the new electric vehicle to operate in the south end along the concrete section of the Boardwalk shared with the tram would increase the number of pick-ups each night during the summer. “Additional trash collections are required due to the improved economy and the increased business activities ... ” With the $100,000 available from the sale of certain heavy equipment, $24,000 could be dedicated to the purchase of the electric vehicle to expand the trash collection operation on the Boardwalk ... After considerable debate, the Council approved the purchase of the new electric vehicle and the addition of a second crew providing the cost did not exceed the revenue from the sale of the public works heavy equipment. [© 2016 MARYLAND COASTAL DISPATCH] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Ocean-City-MD-2nd-crew-s-24k-e-garbage-truck-handles-extra-trash-tp4680900.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
