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Waterfront residents press Pinellas County to set firm end date and controls for McKay Creek staging site
Summary
Residents adjacent to the McKay Creek site told commissioners the site has been used for years as staging and debris storage and that continued activity — including a proposed injection well — would cause years of disruption; they asked the county to limit future use to declared emergencies or closure at project completion, impose monitoring and dust/noise controls, and formally notify residents when timelines change.
A group of Shipwash Yacht and Tennis Club neighbors told the Pinellas County commission they are experiencing an extended, multi-year disruption from a county-adjacent staging and debris site at McKay Creek and asked for explicit limits on future use.
"This is not an industrial corridor. This is a dense waterfront residential community," a resident who identified himself as Willie told commissioners. He said the site has been used intermittently…
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