quarry facts

Beneath Miami-Dade’s landscape lies a resource essential to everyday life: limestone. Often overlooked, limestone plays a critical role in building Florida’s roads, bridges, schools, and hospitals, forming the backbone of the state’s infrastructure. The Lake Belt region supplies approximately half of Florida’s construction aggregates, processing nearly 50 million tons each year for concrete, asphalt, and cement—contributing $1 billion to the economy and helping keep construction costs among the lowest in the nation.