At the station’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 4, Mayor Josh Schroeder said the reconstruction created a better flow for customers to drop off recycling, landfill and yard waste items.
What’s different?
The station added a 25,000-square-foot transfer building with three lanes for commercial trucks to unload recyclables and solid waste into larger trucks, according to a news release. Commercial and residential collections are routed separately at the station to improve safety.
Schroeder said one of the biggest changes is the station’s paved roadways, which look to reduce dust and mud while improving stormwater drainage and on-site water detention, according to the release.
“I was shocked to see when I got here ... how much of this we have paved,” Schroeder said at the ceremony.
What residents should know
According to the news release, additional upgrades—totaling $13 million—include:
- A 1,200 square-foot Garden-Ville building selling garden and lawn products
- A 3,000 square-foot canopy for the recycling drop-off area
- A new gatehouse building
- New scales
The project was funded by solid waste revenues, according to the release, and enhancements could improve the transfer station’s current annual revenue of about $200,000, according to the city’s website.
Texas Disposal Systems operates the station as the city’s contracted solid waste provider, according to the release.
How we got here
City council members approved Novak Commercial Construction as the project’s general contractor on Feb. 28, 2023, and Schroeder said Novak delivered the upgraded station under budget and on time.
Novak also recently finished a $2.2 million project next to the transfer station that included adding a truck wash facility and an improved fuel station for city vehicles, according to the release.
Since the transfer station was originally built in 1984, Georgetown’s population has grown by about 70,000 residents, according to the city’s website.
