Tiverton planners give thumbs down to Site Ready
TIVERTON — Tiverton’s planning board has rejected a proposal by Site Ready Materials and Recycling Company to construct a large recycling facility and solid waste transfer station at 322 Eagleville Road. The vote, which followed a hearing that lasted for over two hours last Tuesday night in Town Hall, was unanimous by the seven members [...]
Read More →Site Ready’s Tiverton recycling operations to leave town
TIVERTON — Controversial recycling operations at Site Ready’s property on Eagleville Road will end within 45 days from Friday, March 1. The firm has said that recycling activities will have moved elsewhere by then. That word comes not long after Tiverton filed a temporary restraining order aimed at stopping some of Site Ready’s local operations. [...]
Read More →Tiverton takes Site Ready to court
TIVERTON — The Town of Tiverton filed a lawsuit Monday in Newport County Superior Court against Site Ready Company on Eagleville Road, seeking to permanently stop and penalize what it says are violations of town zoning ordinances. Site Ready’s conduct, the town claims, “constitutes a threat to public health, safety, and the general welfare of [...]
Read More →DEM sets meeting with Tiverton officials about Stafford Pond
TIVERTON — The scheduling of 16 fishing tournaments on Stafford Pond this summer by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has led to convening of a meeting between town officials, local legislators, and the two DEM representatives involved in making the decision. The meeting, which a DEM spokesman said is not public, is set for 2 [...]
Read More →Site Ready’s compost registration expires but activity continues
TIVERTON — Despite an expired authorization, Site Ready Materials & Construction Co. continues to operate a leaf and yard waste composting facility at 322 Eagleville Road. The registration that authorized Site Ready’s composting activities was issued by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) on Jan. 1, 2012, and expired on Dec. 31, 2012. Site Ready’s [...]
Read More →Tiverton’s Site Ready becomes Fall River’s dumping ground
TIVERTON — The City of Fall River is now trucking all its yard waste and all its single stream recycling materials to Site Ready, located at 322 Eagleville Road. This news comes at a time when the Tiverton Planning Board is considering a Master Plan Application from Site Ready “to increase the recycling capabilities” of [...]
Read More →Tiverton residents, planners, hammer Eagleville Road recycling plan
TIVERTON — A proposal to convert 18 acres of land at 322 Eagleville Road into a regional “indoor materials recycling and transfer facility” drew sharp questioning from planning board members Tuesday night. Later in the meeting, the attorney for the facility’s owner proposed cutting the tonnage by half — and with that the number of [...]
Read More →Angry Tiverton residents condemn Eagleville recycling plans
TIVERTON — A few minutes into last Tuesday’s Town council meeting, a woman called out a question from a crowd swelling near the rear of council chambers. Were people going to get a chance to talk about “Site Ready,” she asked. “Site Ready” is the shorthand reference to a proposal under review by the planning [...]
Read More →Thanks for letting us complain about Site Ready plans for Eagleville Road
To the editor: I want to thank councilors David Nelson and Rob Coulter for being instrumental in allowing our neighborhood and other town residents to voice their concerns and read our formal complaint at the Town Council meeting Tuesday evening regarding the expansion of Site Ready on Eagleville Road. If it were up to council [...]
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