Ribbon cutting May 8 for new Linn County RV dump station
SWEET HOME — The public is invited to a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the new Linn County Parks & Recreation RV dump station in Sweet Home at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 8.
The dump station is on 24th Avenue, off Highway 20 (if headed east on Highway 20, turn left before the Dollar Tree store).
The new facility offers four dump lanes, all electronically accessed by credit card, plus a pass-through [SW1] lane.
Cost is $10 per vehicle. RV owners and others will be able to purchase potable water from the City of Sweet Home at the site. Currently, the city’s only bulk water dispenser system is at the city’s water plant.
There is ample space for the largest of RVs said Parks & Recreation Department Director Stacey Whaley.
The facility is on 4.62 acres owned by Linn County. The property had been part of the former Weyerhaeuser (Willamette Industries) property.
Linn County park dump sites for use by campsite users are currently located at River Bend County Park ($15 dump fee) and Waterloo County Park ($15 dump fee). Those dump sites are reserved for people camping at those sites only.
The new facility was funded by a $355,000 grant from the Oregon State Parks Department, plus the Transient Lodging Tax and RV license fees. Total cost is approximately $900,000.
Knife River of Tangent did all of the subgrade and ground work and completed putting down asphalt in February.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held on November 4. Participants included Chris Phillipson, Knife River project manager; Tristan Davis, Parks & Recreation Operations Supervisor; Parks Director Stacey Whaley, Sweet Home Mayor Susan Coleman, Knife River’s Brian Reichart and City Manager/Police Chief Jason Ogden.
Learn more about Linn County Parks & Recreation at https://linnparks.com/.
[SW1]Call this a “bypass lane”, since they are all technically “pull-through”.
