SALINA, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) says crews are starting work on the demolition of the Ley Creek Transfer Station in the town of Salina.
“After decades of service to Onondaga County residents, it is time for the aging Ley Creek Transfer Station in the Town of Salina to come down,” OCRRA said in its announcement.
Demolition crews at the site this week are removing large sections of the structure, which date back to the 1970s. OCRRA wants to clear the property and “reimagine” the site as a modern waste-management campus that will be “better equipped” to handle the “evolving needs of Onondaga County for generations to come.”
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“We don’t have unlimited capacity for trash in Onondaga County, but the stream of waste coming to us isn’t slowing down,” Kevin Spillane, OCRRA executive director, said in the announcement. “We can make it easier for everyone to reduce waste by creating a campus at Ley Creek that has the potential to accept, manage and even sell more materials. That vision begins with a new transfer station.”
OCRRA says it’s replacing the transfer station because most of the structure was built in the 1970s with the intention of housing machinery to shred trash. As the community’s needs evolved, local leaders decided a transfer station was a better use for the site. Over the years, the structure has required an expansion, upgrades, and “significant” maintenance to accommodate the waste generated by households, schools, and businesses in Onondaga County. In recent years, it became clear that the existing transfer station had “reached the end of its useful life,” OCRRA said.
What will replace it?
OCRRA says its board of directors has a long-term strategic plan for the site, beginning with a “modernized” transfer station. The new building will include a 40,000-square-foot tipping floor that can manage up to 1,200 tons of waste per day.
As the community grows and changes, a facility of this size will give OCRRA “more flexibility” to collect and transfer waste to its final destination. Onondaga County’s trash goes to OCRRA’s Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility, where it is converted into enough electricity to power roughly 30,000 households.
Waste that cannot be managed at the WTE Facility, including some construction and demolition debris, may be segregated for reuse or recycling, or transferred to a landfill.
