FROM A BORROW PIT TO A PARK OASIS THE 65-ACRE BODY OF WATER WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF A NEW PARK.(LOCAL) From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: February 8, 2000| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2000 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Calling a borrow pit a city treasure would be blasphemous to some.

But within months, a 65-acre body of water - once a pit from where trucks hauled sand to build Interstate 464 - will be the centerpiece of a new public park, hailed by city officials as ``an oasis'' amid highway traffic.

A borrow pit? An oasis?

In fact, the transformation of a borrow pit to a serene park is a true irony in this maturing suburban city.

Active borrow pits are consistently objects of community scorn, feared by nearby residents for the truck traffic, noise and dust. Neighborhoods ...

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