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Residents urge county to enforce air-quality rules as concrete-crushing dust spreads through Central Coconut neighborhood
Summary
Neighbors and neighborhood groups told the Sarasota County Commission that dust, truck traffic and visible concrete fragments from a nearby recycling and crushing operation are damaging air quality and public health; commissioners asked staff to research legal authorities and return with options.
Dozens of residents from Central Coconut and surrounding neighborhoods told the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners on May 5 that repeated concrete crushing and material-handling operations at a nearby recycling facility have blanketed streets and yards with dust and concrete fragments and are creating a public-health nuisance.
The complaints were raised during the board’s public-comment period as commissioners were proclaiming Air Quality Awareness Week. Speakers described dust clouds, uncovered truck loads and crushing equipment that operates on weekends and after hours. “This company is literally less than a block away and it’s a park where children play,” Laurel Quarberg, president of the Central Coconut Neighborhood Association, told commissioners.
Neighborhood leaders asked county code and environmental staff to…
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