St. Lucie commissioners continue Indrio Groves Hamlet PUD and DA after hours-long traffic and road-rights debate

The St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners continued consideration of the Indrio Groves Hamlet planned unit development (PUD) and its companion development agreement to April 7 after a multi-hour hearing that centered on traffic mitigation, construction triggers and right-of-way acquisition.

The proposal from Lennar and partners would rezone the site as a Hamlet PUD under the countyTowns, Villages and Countryside (TVC) framework and allow as many as 3,081 dwelling units in a mix of detached single-family houses, townhomes and apartments, with 9% of the total units set aside as workforce housing under current staff recommendations. The applicant also offered to dedicate a 24.4-acre parcel for a future kindergarten-through-eight school and to convey a 14.8-acre civic parcel to the county for park/library/4-H or similar civic uses.

Why it matters: The boards decision on the PUD and the development agreement will determine whether the project can proceed and on what timeline. The hearing focused on whether the project must fund and deliver an eastwest road shown in the countys right-of-way protection map (called Russo's Road), how construction triggers should be measured (by dwelling counts or estimated daily trips), and what remedies should apply when right-of-way cannot be acquired.

What was decided: Following lengthy public testimony…