If, as has been mentioned in a previous post, Greg Kisela in a Sept Email, initiated the idea to DOT, that Walton was willing to pay 75M for a new bridge; I would be very disappointed in our new county administrator.
Heres the email of which you speak.
From: Greg Kisela
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 3:32 PM
To: Starsky Harrell; Gerry Demers; Dede Hinote; Dawn Moliterno; Lynn Hoshihara; William Imfeld
Cc: Cindy Price
Subject: 331 Update
To all:
Commissioner Pridgen, Kelly Beth Horton, and I met with Ananth Prasad, Secretary of FDOT and Tommy Barfield yesterday to talk about the plan to four‐lane 331 from I‐10 to south of the Bridge.
We explained if the County committed to providing a 20% to 25% match (cap of $75M) would the state provide the balance.
The Secretary liked the idea and tasked Tommy with coming up with a plan to accomplish this.
I told him we needed an answer within thirty (30) days. This assumes the work is completed within 5 to 7 years.
The earliest we could have the issue on the ballot is March 2012. We can also use the August and November 2012 ballots.
By copy of this e‐mail I am asking Cindy to set up a meeting for next week so we can discuss the next steps and develop a game plan to proceed.
This is far from being a done deal but I remain optimistic if we demonstrate our commitment by bring significant funds to the table than FDOT will exhaust every effort to do their part.
Gregory A. Kisela
County Administrator
Walton County
kisgreg@co.walton.fl.us
(850)892‐8155 Office
(850)333‐2227 Cell