Courtesy of Rostraver Central Fire Department
Emergency vehicles respond after a vehicle strikes a pedestrian on Aug. 21, 2018, at the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver.
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Residents, environmental activists and local officials say they’re fed up with mud and odors emanating from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver.
They’re also concerned about radioactive materials they say are present in leachate resulting from waste material the landfill accepts from fracking sites.
Rostraver Commissioner John Lorenzo, speaking Thursday at a virtual press conference hosted by community advocacy group Protect PT, said trucks from the landfill have been tracking mud onto adjacent Tyrol Boulevard, causing many motorists to avoid the road. He speculated that departing trucks may not be “staying in the wash bay long enough.