City opens new debris pit

It’s been a long time in the works, but Public Works Director Mac Erickson was able to announce last week that the City of Sundance has opened its new construction and debris pit.

Almost 18 months have passed since city engineers Trihydro completed the permit application for the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). This was deemed necessary after the council discovered it was costing more than the city would like to haul debris to the Gillette landfill because it was difficult to properly fill the containers.

At that time, in December 2018, Travis Evans of Trihydro predicted that the app...