 The Bemidji Waste Transfer Station has officially kicked off a five million dollar renovation project that's designed to make trash disposal a little quicker for everyone. There's a new bypass lane that's designed to make trash disposal and sorting recyclables faster. There have also been new compactor units added along with some new pavement, new scale, and a few new additions to the tipping floor. There will also be new signage to keep everything organized. Officials say their renovations were much needed and should last for the next 20 years. Our transfer station not only was getting too small just because of the demographics. The Bemidji is growing, the Beltrami County is growing, but also we just needed to put some money into it to improve the infrastructure. We had, you know, there's holes in the wall, the foundation was needing some repairs, so all of this is to take care of that and to gain some life expectancy. Right now, only the bypass lane at the transfer station is open, but other lanes should be open by tomorrow. The full renovation project is expected to be completed by July 27th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.