HomeMy WebLinkAboutBlack Hammock Flooding-1995 B lack Hammock: The purpose would be to open a
fast route between DeLeon Street.the
under assault? northern extension from the SR 434
cure, and CR 426 heading toward
Geneva.Hammock residents feel that
- Last spring county' crews de- other options are available, ssibili-
scended on Kansas St. in the Black ties which would not destroy long-
Hammock area.one of Oviedo's pret-
established community's traditions of
tiest streets. They scooped out the openness and freedom.
roadside ditch and cut down trees - Folks in the hammock are not
along one stretch of the dirt thorough-
angry about everything.however.The
fare. Water Management District has been
What was once a thick canopy
actively purchasing land for prcser-
over a rustic route is now a row of
Ovation purposes.
stumps bordering a tired-looking When you live in ahoy-density
stretch of sand.
region, surrounded by nature and
Why did thew do this?The ditches
wildlife, you learn not to take any-
were becoming overgrown with Thin for
weeds. g granted. That is why resi-
W he were the trees destroyed?It dents here watch-and react strongly
made digging out the ditches easier.
-to any threat to their way of life.
Time is money.Besides.the treestech-
nically belonged to the county.
Gross moraor moratorium Black Hammock
dents.and a moratorium was imposed
on cutting trees and destroying the Continued from Page 3
beauty of other streets.
• beconms reality,the wetlands,indnd-
The hammock is being inun- listen the development and DeLeon ing the animals living there, will be
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Street. If land in that buffer is ever legally from protected fro future advances
dated by water, and no one seems to b P
know why. Homes arc width' sepa- developed,homes would be restricted by humans.
rated in the region and no heavy de-
Because one on every three acres. The controversy has given the
Because of the ruling. and be- Black Hammock Association a shot
velopment is taking place within at B
least a mile. cause Battle Ridge is now beginning in the arm. Residents fought to keep
Granted the area sits ten low, construction. the status of wetlands the development out and they won,
and abuts the shore of Lake Jesup. It along the south shore of Lake Jesup but they will not sit back and relax_
has been a rainy summer.but the Ova- has been given a high priority in Tal- They have learned to keep an eye out
ter is not a new-problem. It has been
lahassee. The state could either buy for landowners with more respect for
the land or authorize the purchase by the dollar than for the environment.
rising for about six wears. another enti t such as Seminole
Anyone driving down Florida
Avenue or many of the other streets County.
can't help but notice the deep ditches.
Whether either of those options
One would think the water could es-
cape.but still it overflow's the banks.
-Now the county wants to widen .
Florida Ave. a road to nowhere. The /p S O VOA
Black Hammock Association doesn't
undersiand.