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Consultant outlines plan to steer growth into infrastructure nodes at Levy County workshop
Summary
Consultants guiding Levy County's comprehensive‑plan update presented mapping results and a public SWOT, urged redirecting development to nodes with infrastructure, and warned about legal risks from Florida's Senate Bill 180 while soliciting more public comment.
Chris Primo, a consultant with Infrastructure Consulting Engineering (Tampa), told attendees at a Dec. 8 Levy County workshop that the county's 2050 comprehensive‑plan update should emphasize directing growth to nodes where infrastructure exists rather than attempting blanket "no growth" limits.
Primo led a mapping exercise and presented a color‑coded matrix of public input. Orange dots on the public maps mark areas residents identified as suitable for additional growth, red dots mark areas the public wants to keep off‑limits, and blue dots indicate potential economic‑development corridors. "We will translate those items into a map that will show what the residents told us,"…
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