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Public Works proposes contractor bid to clear overgrown Fox Ridge ditch; county could use MSBU funds to speed work
Summary
After the board asked staff to revisit dissolving the Fox Ridge Municipal Service PU, Public Works proposed hiring a contractor to clear about 2.7 miles of overgrown ditch conveyances using roughly $849,000 in existing MSBU funds and then shift routine maintenance to county crews.
Pasco County Public Works Director Jason Mickle updated commissioners Sept. 16 on options for the Fox Ridge community's 2.7‑mile ditch system after the board previously asked staff to reconsider dissolution of the area's MSPU.
Mickle said the ditch is severely overgrown with invasive trees and underbrush that reduces conveyance and can cause localized flooding. He said county crews could…
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