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Due to a budget shortfall caused by the current economic downturn, TARC, the Transit Authority of River City is cutting back service on many routes effect Feb. 21, 2010. Five routes will be eliminated and service will be reduced on 17 routes, a handful of which will affect New Albany and Southern Indiana residents. Southern Indiana Waste Systems, the city’s contracted waste hauler, announced today that 1,526,000 pounds of material collected in the City of New Albany was recycled in 2009. That is more than a five-percent increase from previous years. “The citizens of New Albany have again demonstrated their concern for our environment through their continued recycling efforts,” said Robert Lee, president of Southern Indiana Waste Systems. The increase was obtained, in part, by a change in the collection process to a single-stream collection, where drivers do not separate materials at the curb, Lee added. Materials are now separated at the company’s processing center. Vectren Energy Delivery (Vectren) wants to remind residential and commercial customers to proceed with caution when removing snow and ice around gas meters at their homes or businesses this winter.
Ice and snow accumulation can interfere with the proper operation of the gas meter given it needs to be able to release gas in case of a malfunction. Snow removal activities can also pose a hazard to the gas meter assembly or piping and result in a dangerous leak. New Albany Street Department crews and snow removal equipment are prepared for winter weather, New Albany Mayor Doug England announced today. “All trucks and other necessary equipment used in snow emergency situations are primed and ready,” England said. “We want citizens to know that despite ongoing budgetary concerns, we will leave no stone unturned in keeping our city’s roads in the best possible shape.” |
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