Winter weather conditions prompt closures, reduced hours for solid waste transfer facilities

King County’s Houghton Solid Waste Transfer Station in Kirkland has closed for the day and the remainder of the county’s transfer facilities will close at 4 p.m. due to severe winter weather conditions.

Facilities are tentatively scheduled to reopen at 6:15 a.m., Dec. 19.

Houghton customers are currently being diverted to the Factoria Transfer Station in Bellevue at 13800 SE 32nd Street.

For details about King County’s transfer stations, visit the King County Solid Waste Division Web site at http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/facilities/transfer.asp.