Hmm, it seems our issues with the Hemlock Valley Transfer Station persist.
The most recent source of irritation was the station’s lack of opening hours on the morning of Sunday, January 2nd. Great lines of visitors and homeowners were hoping to drop off their New Year’s garbage and recycling before heading down the hill, only to find the gates frustratingly closed.
Available times to manage the village’s waste and recycling is often not presented in an obvious, easy-to-see format that most locals and visitors can conveniently plan their own schedules around. Sometimes the HVTS is open on stat holidays. Sometimes it’s not. Even the assumption that everyone is in the process of leaving the hill immediately following a garbage drop-off can be received poorly by those of us that remain. Taking the refuse down to Harrison Mills when it’s snowing in the winter or when it’s sweltering in the summer, only to drive back up the mountain again is a tough pill to swallow.
Many displeasured folks on January 2 decided to drop off their rubbish at the blocked entrance anyway. Next to the sign that still advertises the station’s summer hours. Not many would think this information is worth comparing to the HVTS page on the FVRD’s website before hand.
This is just one example of the difficulties most of us have witnessed, or personally suffered.
Now is the opportunity to share your headaches with us. To know that you are not alone.
Post your comments below, adding pics as evidence of the ongoing indecency of our waste removal grievances.
And, as always, forward your reviews on to the FVRD. They are responsible for determining and posting the Hemlock Valley Transfer Station’s opening hours.
You can contact the FVRD Garbage and Recycling dept. via phone by: 604-702-5000
You can email the FVRD Engineering and Community Services Technologist – Carolynn Lane: [email protected]
It’s okay to gripe. It’s maybe even a little healthy now and then. When acted on, it can lead to creative and satisfying fixes. But, as a former US president once said, “Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.” Remember, we’re all in this together. The HVHA and the FVRD would love to know how you think the Hemlock Valley Transfer Station could be run better too.
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