County adjusts Hanalei transfer station hours; residents press for 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Larry Dill, chief engineer for the County of Kauai, told the KNA that an island-wide change in transfer-station hours resulted from an upgrade to automated garbage trucks and related contract negotiations. Dill said the old hours were "9:15am to 5:15pm" and the new hours are "7:15am to 3:15pm."

Board members and community participants asked officials to consider 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. as a compromise; Dill said that would be difficult but that he would look into it. Dill described a temporary plan to pour a cement pad so people could push green-waste loads off trucks onto a stable surface; the board asked the community to follow up on the plan and timeline.

Troy Tanigawa, manager of the solid waste department, gave a contact number (241-4837) and said resources existed to replace full dumpsters daily except Sundays if residents requested service by calling the department.