Dirt pit approved, with lots of truck limits

KEYSTONE -- A developer has finally won approval to dig 2.5-million cubic yards of dirt off Lutz-Lake Fern Road, creating a 54-acre lake.

But this week's decision by a Hillsborough County land use hearing officer limits the travel of dump trucks on Lutz-Lake Fern so much that nearly all of the dirt will be trucked about 1,000-feet east to the Suncoast Parkway, and from there, to points north and south.

To respect the rural nature of Keystone, the trucks were banned from rumbling west on Lutz-Lake Fern. To protect schoolchildren, they were banned from driving east past the Suncoast while Martinez Middle School, McKitrick Elementary School or the future Steinbrenner High School are in session. To preserve quiet nights nearby, the excavation must close between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.

And somebody will have to sweep dirt off the road at the end of each work day.

- Bill Coats, Times staff writer

Comments

hahaha, I'm going to drive my Harley back and forth on all those roads at off hours to rumble the windows. hahaha