HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The proposed location for Oahu's next landfill is drawing concern from local residents on Oahu's North Shore. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You A virtual community meeting where residents aired their grievances and proposed alternate solutions to the 150-acre site northwest of Wahiawa was held on Saturday, Dec. 14. City officials proposed Oahu's next landfill to be along Kamehameha Highway since the State Land Use Commission decided Waimanalo Gulch needs to be closed by March 2028. The City is calling it the Wahiawa site, but the area councilmember said the community was never consulted. "I'm not critiquing in that sense, but I think that it is clear that a lot of voices weren't included in the conversation, right? It came as a surprise to everybody, including the landowner, including Board of Water Supply," said Honolulu City Councilmember District 2 councilmember Matt Weyer. Oahu’s next landfill announced, sparks controversy Rep. Sean Quinlan added that the site sits on a road that is already congested and over an aquifer. "I can honestly say in my eight years as the state rep of the North Shore, I have never been this angry," Rep. Quinlan said. "Wherever we put the new landfill, and I know that we need a new one, it has to be above cap rock. It cannot be above an aquifer. That's insane." The senator-elect in Nanakuli said she is relieved the Waianae Coast was not selected again. "It has to go. We are just here to ensure that it does, in fact, leave the coastline," Sen. Samantha DeCorte said. "To be able to settle the residents and the community in that other district will be up to the city. I'm believing that they're going to do a great job, but there will always be controversy when it comes to landfills." Other North Shore community members said pursuing waste management alternatives should be a higher priority than finding another place to fill the land with it. City Councilmember pushes back against proposed Honolulu landfill "I know they put out a request for information on shipping stuff off island. Temporarily at least. Maybe that's a stopgap measure until we come up with a better way to manage it," North Shore Neighborhood Board chair Kathleen Pahinui said. "I'm not the kind of person who just tends to say, 'Oh no, not in our backyard.' We want to be positive, proactive and solution-oriented." Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said on Tuesday, Dec. 10 that he was confident a landfill can be safely operated over an aquifer. Environmental groups pointed out that the City's decision on the potential location is just a first step before getting approval from both the Planning and Land Use commissions. "And even if they do approve that there's land acquisition issues, environmental impact assessments, there will have to be a special permit application, just like the city has gone through with Waimanalo Gulch. So there's going to be a number of processes that still have to occur," said Sierra Club of Hawaii director Wayne Tanaka. Check out more news from around Hawaii Councilmember Matt Weyer's office organized the community meeting and said questions and concerns will be forwarded to the Department of Environmental Services.