Recently, in commenting on the planned four-laning of Ridge Road from Little Road to Moon Lake Road, we lamented the fact that another year was passing and Pasco County seemed no closer to winning permit approval to extend Ridge Road. It would be pushed east, from its current terminus at its junction with Moon Lake Road, to the Suncoast Parkway and perhaps later to U.S. 41. If it ever gets built the Ridge Road Extension would provide a badly needed third major east-west evacuation route out of West Pasco. ...more

January 7, 2009

Federal environmental officials have given Pasco County a checklist of 10 items to complete in hopes of moving forward with the permitting of the county's long-sought eastern extension of Ridge Road. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Bush administration's effort to free federal agencies from the Endangered Species Act is bad environmental policy and a waste of tax dollars. ...more

January 2, 2009

Federal environmental regulators say they're considering re-issuing the suspended development permit for Cypress Creek Town Center, where construction was halted in February after repeated Clean Water Act violations. ...more

December 19, 2008

Injured sea turtles at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium are getting help from an 11-year-old. ...more

December 18, 2008

Federal environmental regulators said this week they're considering re-issuing the suspended development permit for Cypress Creek Town Center, where construction was halted in February after repeated Clean Water Act violations. ...more

December 18, 2008

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center in Wesley Chapel may get the green light from federal regulators to continue work. ...more

December 17, 2008

County commissioners Tuesday created a list of seven road projects they hope will qualify for federal funding under a prospective economic stimulus plan proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

December 17, 2008

For soggy land that cleanses polluted runoff and attracts endangered wood storks, white ibis, bald eagles and bobcats, developers will pay $100,000 an acre. ...more

November 26, 2008

It's environment for the sake of development. Entrepreneur Bill Casey is creating a 161-acre wetland mitigation bank in which developers can buy credits in repentance for destroying swampland elsewhere. ...more

November 7, 2008