Spokane Central Service Center
City officials and contractors cut the ribbon on the city of Spokane's Central Service Center Tuesday, August 18, 2015. The new $16.5 million shop and office complex will centralize maintenance for city vehicles, including a new fleet of garbage trucks which run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
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Dale Arnold, who works for the city of Spokane’s waste water department, examines the new compressed natural gas refueling area and the new CNG garbage trucks on display at the opening of the Spokane Central Service Center, where a new fleet of natural gas-powered garbage trucks will be fueled and serviced at the new $16.5 million complex in East Spokane. Drivers of the CNG vehicles will pull them up and plug them into the new system and the pumps will fill the tanks and shut off automatically.
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City officials, managers and contractors cut the ribbon on the city of Spokane’s new Central Service Center Tuesday.
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Daniel Myers, 2, waves at his grandparents Molly, left, and Gene Jakubczak from the seat of a new garbage truck on display at the opening of the Spokane Central Service Center Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. Spokane city vehicles, including a new fleet of natural gas-powered vehicles like this one, will now be fueled and serviced at the new $16.5 million complex in East Spokane. Gene Jakubczak is the city of Spokane’s fleet services director.
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Rick Hughes of Spokane’s Solid Waste Dept. and Larry Damm of Western Systems, a vendor of waste containers, stand by a new garbage truck being refueled from a new compressed natural gas system at the city’s new Central Service Center in East Spokane. The CNG pump, once connected to a truck, will refuel the tank and turn itself off automatically.
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Hunt Whaley, left, snaps a photo of Elizabeth Schoedel in the seat of a new garbage truck on display at the opening of the Spokane Central Service Center. The two are assistant city attorneys for the city of Spokane. The two reviewed contracts associated with the building of the new maintenance and refueling facility.
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City officials and contractors celebrated the opening of the Spokane Central Service Center Tuesday.
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