Longview Moves Forward with Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles

LONGVIEW — Longview city leaders are pushing for the use of cleaner fuel, and for you this means extra cash. KETK reports they plan to buy eight new garbage trucks that run on compressed natural gas. The fuel costs 75 percent less than the $3.70 per gallon diesel truck companies use right now. And this is good news for residents, who will face lower monthly bills. The trucks cost $310,000 each; the city will foot the bill. Sanitation and Fleet Services manager Dwayne Archer says, “We want to provide great service, and that’s the reason we chose the vehicle we did. And we have to be concerned with the environment and also the cost savings that we’re gonna see –so it’s a good picture for our customers all the way around.” The council votes on the fueling station in the next couple of weeks. Archer says the trucks should be on the road by early summer.