Lane County’s planned recycling and waste diversion project, CleanLane, has hit another speed bump. A state board rejected the county’s zoning appeal last week, siding with garbage haulers and neighbors.
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals upheld a local ruling that found CleanLane is incompatible with zoning in the proposed Goshen area location, just south of Eugene. The decision could be appealed in the new year.
In the meantime, the county is exploring moving the project to Short Mountain Landfill instead…