Indiana House votes to allow Gary construction waste site near residences

INDIANAPOLIS — The city of Gary's plan to locate a disposal and recycling facility for construction and demolition waste just 600 feet from residences won overwhelming support Wednesday in the Indiana House.

House Bill 1318, sponsored by state Rep. Earl Harris, Jr., D-East Chicago, was approved 89-3 and now advances to the Senate.

The measure exempts Gary from a state law that only applies to Lake County which requires landfills of any kind be located at least a half-mile from the nearest residence.

Harris said the proposed construction and demolition disposal site is not a landfill in the traditional sense. Rather, it will hold reclaimed building materials, such as brick, stone and wood, until they can be reused, recycled or permanently disposed of.

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