Competitive rfq process to look for qualified respondents. In 2009 we did a public rfp and got two bids and one from recology and one from Waste Management. We looked at other environmental factors which came out fairly evenly but the thing that was very striking was the difference in cost which would translate to over 100 million for ratepayers over the lifetime of this contract. So recology was selected by the panel. Lawsuits were filed. Lawsuits were dismissed and over the course of the next four years the board repeatedly took a look at this contract. You held four hearings, two votes and after the hearings and the votes the board unanimously approve the process and said in fact recology was the qualified bidder for the contract. Supervisor mar. I just wanted to ask you to slow down a minute and on the environmental benefits of the recology contract my recollection is the reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions because of the green rail but with more miles trucking from tunnel road t
Yes, im sure. And it is not just today we will getaway with that, by the way. Isnt that nice. We have nice weather attached to today and as we head into thursday and friday but heat i will not tell you it is gone for good. We have to get through this month. September can be a a hot one too. Lets look at where we are, because today is gorgeous. 70 degrees in philadelphia you can see wind at 5 miles an hour out of the north. Really nice there. 51 percent humidity. That is making it feel so lovely when you walk out the door. Up on the sky deck a few moments ago and i wanted to stay out there. It is really nice. Temperatures 07 in philadelphia 59 in allentown. Fiftynine in reading. Sixtythree in millville. Wildwood coming in at 63 as well. Everybody please an. Storm scan three is showing just how clear skies are. Look at this, barely a few high clouds. You have to head back into new york state to find them back into parts of the western pennsylvania. Looking terrific. That is what we will
On the roads. The key time for this to happen, between 11 oclock tonight and 5 oclock in the morning. Now, if it happens and youre driving a good idea to pull over to because it does reduce visibility to zero. Ly in a platter of minutes you could get a coating to an inch of snow. Not everyone will see them. A wind chill advisory has been posted our entire viewing area from 6 oclock tomorrow evening until 9 oclock sunday morning. Wind chill warning for the poconos and this is because the wind chills will be dangerously cold. The poconos were looking at wind chills 20 to 30 degrees below zero. Philadelphia through the Lehigh Valley 15 to 20 degrees below zero and the highest wind chills areas to the south still dangerously low. 10 degrees below zero to 15 degrees below zero. Ill talk about our next winter storm on the way in the full accuweather forecast. Jim. Thank you cecily. Lets go live to the parkway and trish hartman. How are philadelphians coping with the cold and what are you hea
Lancaster and 21 for reading and allentown and 25 in philadelphia and same for wildwood and dover. Not much of a windchill. Not a crucial windchill, compare to numbers this weekend. Winds coming in the southwesterly direction and 15 in philadelphia and 9 in dover and as we go throughout the day we look at the air temperature and look at the status any time. Its 28 at 2 00, 29 at 4 00 p. M. And upper 20s at 6 00 this evening and hold in the upper 20s at 10 00 p. M. Tonight but its about the blustery winds tonight and biting winds over the weekend. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have an arctic boundary over the great lakes and this boundary dips down to us and with that comes the threat of snow showers and heavier squalls, but these numbers will fall after quickly. Future tracker 6 showing you tomorrow morning 9 00 feeling like 0 and 9 below in reading and 1 below zero at 3 00 in the afternoon and 19 degrees below zero in the poconos and 3 below in lakehurst. And hypother
A northwesterly flow on the back end of the our current storm system will continue to bring cold, below average temperatures through thursday. Overnight lows for the next couple of nights will be at and below freezing around the valley. High temperatures tomorrow afternoon will remain in the upper 40s, then warm slightly to the low 50s on thursday. Metro needs your help right now to track down 3 robbery theyre accused of shooting a man last month in a parking lot on north pecos near east washington. During the robbery attempt. The victim pulled his own gun and they exchanged shots but the victim wasnt seriously hurt. If you have any information. Call Crime Stoppers at 7023855555. Breaking news from the fbi. On a sexual abuse investigation. We just got new information from the feds. That they hope will find more minors who may have been abused by this man. Jimmy carter kim. Hes charged with kidnapping an underage girl in arizona. And sexually assaulting her while holding her hostage in