An ongoing engineering study looking into revising Jefferson County’s solid waste disposal services should be ready for public presentation and comment early next year, county officials said last week.
Bob Church of Great West Engineering told the county commission discussions and research in recent months had narrowed the focus to two main ideas. One would involve a roughly $800,000 revision of the Montana City collection site, and the other would be a $452,000 public/private partnership with Tri-County Disposal between Montana City and East Helena.
Growth in the solid waste site usage at Montana City has been rapid, according to the study. From an average of 464 vehicle trips into the site on Sundays in May two years ago, the traffic count has risen to an average of 628 in a count done in the spring of 2018. Sundays, the busiest day at the site, saw a peak of 725 vehicle trips in the 2018 count.
