The Suncoast Parkway extension is back underway after a judge ordered construction halted nearly a month ago. 

This comes after a group filed a lawsuit against U.S. Fish and Wildlife for planning the route through an old turpentine camp. 

John Wade was not happy to see construction crews back at work on the Suncoast Parkway in Citrus County on Wednesday.  

"We were terribly disappointed that the magistrate ruled against us," he said. 

He's part of the Friends of Etna Turpentine Camp, which advocates for the abandoned area where hundreds of people lived and worked in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 

On Monday, a federal judge found Friends of Etna Turpentine Camp did not prove they could win their lawsuit.

The group claimed the agency issued permits for the Suncoast Parkway expansion without considering the historical and environmental impact.

They wanted construction on the parkway to be stopped until their lawsuit was resolved, which the judge on Monday did not grant. 

The area is now closed to the public. It's been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

"Now they are going to run over it because it's cheaper than going around it," Wade said. 

Lawyers for Friends of Etna Turpentine Camp tell us they're disappointed in Monday's ruling, but at this point they're still trying to figure out what steps to take next.

Wade said he still hopes something can be done to preserve the history in the area.

"We can't learn from something that's no longer here," Wade explained. "If it's here, it's a reminder of what people lived through in the past and how they lived." 

Lawyers for the group say there is an intact turpentine still that will be re-located to a museum in Brooksville. There will also be informational kiosks placed along a bike trail running parallel to the new toll road.

However, they agree these concessions won't replicate the feel of the camp. 

Currently, the new road is only planned to go to State Road 44.