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Borrow Pit Proposed For Rocky Branch Road Near Gun Club
March 4, 2025
A 127-acre borrow pit is being proposed on Rocky Branch Road, adjacent to the Escambia River Gun Club.
The proposal for the HHH Borrow PIt was filed with Escambia County last week by Hammond Engineering. The owner, according to the proposal, is HHH Construction of Bella Pine Lane in Pensacola.
The proposal was filed with Escambia County last week and has not yet been scheduled for a Development Review Committee public meeting.
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5 Responses to “Borrow Pit Proposed For Rocky Branch Road Near Gun Club”
There’s already one borrow pit on this road and it seems like another shady deal considering the county just spent a few million dollars to pave a road that goes to that exact area.
@Alex. Everyone on Rocky Branch uses a water well. Never stopped the stopped the gun club (property deeded to them by the county) from being allowed to fill the banks with lead. Hasn’t stopped the land owners to the east from digging what ever kind of pit they have going on right on the edge of the swamp. I expect when they build the new sub divisions on the other of the tracks everbody will have ECUA services. Never has been a priority as long as it was just the few of us back there. Times are definitely a changin. Lol. Not for the good in my opinion. Used to be some prime hunting on those properties. But what can you do?
Borrow?
I learned that to borrow was to return later.
This is a strip mine that will be there permanently. Nothing will be returned.
Part of the price we pay for all “the progress” of growth and development.
Proposal should show how far down they will be going
Does ECUA have water service on those residents?
Wetlands not too far away. Go down too deep and it will surely effect the water table and any wells within a half mile or so!!!!