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Pasco County commissioners press developer and staff to address Beacon Park haul‑route, road damage and site‑plan process
Summary
Commissioners and residents raised complaints about construction haul routes, property damage and loss of conditions imposed at earlier public hearings for the Beacon Park project. County planning staff said it will develop supervisory review steps, assign a compliance point person and report back to the Beacon Park homeowners association.
Pasco County commissioners heard extended public and commissioner concerns on Feb. 11 about construction traffic, property damage and a site‑plan approval process they say removed an earlier public‑hearing condition for the Beacon Park development.
The discussion focused on neighborhood complaints that construction haul trucks and staging have used local roads, damaged pavement and placed heavy equipment and pumps within yards, and that a construction access route required by an approval in 2006 was not carried forward into later, staff‑level approvals. Commissioner Waitman said he wanted the commission to “undo that flexibility from staff because staff has overruled a public hearing.”
The issue matters locally because residents say heavy truck traffic and equipment have caused erosion, noise, dust and damage adjacent to existing homes. David Engel,…
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