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More in ` _, ~- ~~~ ®~~ ~.~ ~ .Agrowirtg rtt~nber of rteighY~ors are joining to cuf down on Muck traffic. By C,EIRIS H9VEN5 c~wvens.!a~starrrilune.com Eight garbage trucks used to rumble ahd belch down ` Charles Hathaway's alley in 5t. Paul's:Higltland Part: ev- ery week It drove biro nuts, Between tie ..noise ana the wear and tear from the heavy vehicles, he decid- ed something needed to be done: So 2%s years ago; he lie- . gan lobbying his:neighbz~rs to select a single hauler: Today, nearly 90 percent of the ~5 or so houses on the , `block use oiferompan~; and the number of trucks doing down "the _alley is down to thzee: The neighborhood, Hathaway said; is a lot qui- etez. "How stupid is it to have -eight trucks going dn~vti tlie, alley?" Hathaway said. "I don't get mach disagree- ment' from people whefi I talk about the:`inefficien- cies:' `' There aze of least 17 li~ ceased residential trash : . haulers in lre city, down- from-about ~l0 in thel}80s` ' 'and residents can pick whom' they'. please. Many residents appreciate the chance to choose their haul-: ez, and many are loyal to lo- cal firms. , Others 3cxoss the city- ' has~e been banding togeth- er co go ~ti ith' one hauler as a tvay to reduce the effects. of truck traffic and reduc:a i tlieir costs. Across town in St. Antho- ` ny Paak, Mary Hamel got all of her neiglbors to switch -from four to one. hattlei- within a week. "We're also responsik~le 'for our alleys, and.«e're go- ing `to have to replace this asphalt quicker if eve don't," she said, In 5t. Pahl, it can cost. $2;D[30 to X3,000 per (rouse- I~ hold to rebuild an alley, I Everyone on Hantel's black got a lo~t~er group rate; previously, some neighbors paid twice as much for the 'same basic service: Haulers often offer block discountsbecause it's more efficient and saves on fuel.