Wayland Town Crier 1/21/11: Future of transfer station collaboration uncertain. After an unsuccessful attempt to handle both Wayland and Sudbury residents at the Wayland Transfer…

Wayland Town Crier 11/24/10p: Towns to test traffic before consolidating transfer stations. Sudbury and Wayland officials have proposed closing the Sudbury transfer station two Saturdays in December to test another element of criteria before consolidating the two stations, Sudbury Town Manager Maureen Valente said at the selectmen’s meeting Monday evening. “Valente and Wayland Town Administrator Fred Turkington discussed closing Sudbury’s Transfer Station for two consecutive Saturdays to see if one location can handle the traffic,” said Sudbury Board of Selectmen Chairman John Drobinski. Because both towns want to reduce the cost of municipal services by sharing and improved cooperation, they implemented the transfer station pilot project Sept. 28. The pilot program allows residents of either town to use the transfer station in Wayland on Tuesdays and in Sudbury on Thursdays. Currently, residents of each town continue to use their own transfer station on Saturdays. If the transfer station pilot project proves beneficial, Sudbury and Wayland could each save between $40,000 and $60,000 annually.

Wayland Town Crier 11/23/10: Joint meeting with Wayland and Sudbury boards of selectmen. The Sudbury Board of Selectmen recently discussed the proposed agenda for a joint meeting with the Wayland Board of Selectmen, scheduled for Thursday, December 2 at Grange Hall in Sudbury beginning at 7pm with a social time and light dinner. The meeting is open to the public. At 7:40pm, the boards will convene to provide progress reports on collaboration efforts, including the transfer station pilot program; the shared recreation director and opportunities for further collaboration on staff and programs; regional telecommunications and police lockup facilities grant applications; G4, in which the school districts of Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury and Wayland are working to find ways to collaborate and/or consolidate key operations to save money or improve services; and Wayland's non-educational services delivery study. Also on the agenda, the boards will review and discuss major capital projects, potential areas for collaboration and legislative items.

Wayland Town Crier 11/17/10: School districts work on collaboration plans. The "G4" Working Group, comprised of the school districts of Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury and Wayland, has been working to find ways for the districts to collaborate and/or consolidate their key operations in an effort to save money or improve services.

Wayland Town Crier 11/1/10: Sudbury, Wayland transfer station pilot program working well. Five weeks after the joint weekday transfer station pilot project went into effect in Sudbury and Wayland, Bill Place, director of Sudbury’s Department of Public Works, says the program is working well. The new test program allows residents of either town to use the transfer station in Wayland on Tuesdays and in Sudbury on Thursdays. Residents of each town continue to their own transfer station on Saturdays.

Boston Globe 10/17/10: State grants will fund study of regionalizing emergency dispatch. Two sets of area communities recently received state grants to study the pros…

Metrowest Daily News 9/8/10: Sudbury, Wayland to share transfer stations . Sudbury Selectmen last night voted to launch a pilot program for Wayland and Sudbury to share transfer stations. Wayland had already given its approval for the idea. Currently, both stations, located about a quarter of a mile apart, are open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The concept is for Sudbury to be closed on Tuesday and have residents use the Wayland facility. Likewise, the Wayland station will close on Thursday with those residents using Sudbury's station. Both stations will be open on Saturday for their own residents.