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Comprehensive Review of S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options v2.1 94 10/22/12 6.4.3.5 When to Transition? The impacts to this disposal scenario were evaluated with regard to the timing of accomplishing the transition to an existing transfer station. Should the Town continue with its current seven route operations and implement an immediate transition to the Durham transfer station, the analysis suggests the Town would incur an additional cost of $117,800 versus the cost of $368,300 if initiating this option on July 1, 2013 at the close of the Orange County landfill.. SCS recommends the Town identify several dedicated residential routes, regularly serviced by tandem-axle rear loader vehicles, and that will likely conform to the NCDOT weight limit, to begin direct hauling to a transfer station selected through a process as described in Section 6.4.3.1. In the event a truck is suspected of being overweight, or if a vehicle is in repair and a single-axle vehicle must be deployed, these collection events may be transported and disposed at the Orange County Landfill. Accordingly capital investments may be incurred when planned and scheduled with the closure of the Orange County Landfill for the FY 2013-14 budget year. 6.5 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Apart from this analysis of impact to the SWSD budget, several other factors weigh into the longer term evaluation of this disposal option of direct hauling to an existing transfer station. These considerations are not as readily quantified with respect to fiscal impact since they relate to risk management, environmental impacts, and socio-economic issues. However, these factors have the potential to create financial implications and indeed resonate with the Town’s stated values and goals and must be considered along with the financial evaluation. Several of the more decisive factors include:  Safety of the Town solid waste collections staff hauling waste longer distances and over more heavily traveled roadways;  Increased risk to other motorists due to hauling waste longer distances and over more heavily traveled roadways;  Sustainability concerns with the consumption of more diesel fuel to transport waste this longer distance;  An increase in greenhouse gas emissions related to waste collection trucks traveling further distances;  A desire to manage Town-generated waste internally and not having to rely on a neighboring disposal system, and a loss of control over ultimate disposal and costs;  A potential loss of focus on Town waste reduction goals; and,  Long-term job creation and retention impacts from a transition to automated collections.