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The City of Peoria has a new hauling contract for solid waste and recycling service as it looks to keep disposal costs affordable for the next 30 years.

Peoria County and city officials are preparing the public for the closure of the shared Landfill 2.

The construction of Peoria County's third landfill is back on track, even if it is coming later than anyone expected.

The third and final government body needed to approve a new construction agreement for Peoria County’s Landfill Three gave the go-ahead Wednesday night.

A path toward construction of a new landfill for Peoria County cleared a second vote Tuesday night when the Peoria City Council approved a reworked agreement with GFL Environmental.

The construction of Peoria County’s Landfill 3 by disposal company Green for Life Environmental, or GFL, is being pushed back a decade.

The City of Peoria is taking steps to restrict homeless encampments on public property, following other communities that have enacted similar bans in recent weeks.

The new estimated construction timeline, under optimal conditions, puts the opening of Peoria City/County’s Landfill 3 in early Spring 2027. The new landfill will be built adjacent to the other two landfills, west of Edwards.

The Peoria County Board wants GFL to move ahead with the construction of Landfill 3 sooner rather than later.

The owner of a restaurant business hoping to move into the Twin Towers Mall faces another delay following the Peoria City Council’s second deferral of a vote to grant the site a liquor license.