Gated road at landfill causes uproar at Becker County Board meeting

Gated road at landfill causes uproar at Becker County Board meeting

DETROIT LAKES — Tempers flared at Tuesday’s County Board meeting over a gated road at the Becker County landfill site — causing one commissioner to offer to tear down the gate himself for $1, and ending with Detroit Township officials warning the county that it had until March 1 to remove the gate or the township will do the job itself. The road in question has been gated and locked — for private access only — since the landfill was capped and f…