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Ohio Girl

Beach Lover
Feb 13, 2006
239
59
Sagamore Hills OH
This is crazy. A new connector road will not relieve traffic congestion. If a road is allowed through Pt Washington St Forest, that will set a precedent that we will never recover from.
 

Gavin East

Beach Crab
Aug 22, 2019
1
6
4
Old Seagrove
Many of us from the local high schools attended this meeting last night. We do not support this new connector road and are taking the initiative to prevent this from happening. We are here and will be here and have to deal with the economic harms that this connector road will do to our environment.
 

Lake View Too

SoWal Insider
Nov 16, 2008
6,849
8,277
Eastern Lake
From the meeting: The engineers are contemplating about 4 alternatives. Three of them would cross through the Pt. Washington State Forest. Alternatives C and D just a little bit east of the powerline, and Alternative B would be a little further east. All three would dump onto 30-A near Eastern Lake. The Florida State Park agency totally would not allow anything through Deer Lake Park. Alternative A was four-laning 395, I kid you not. Virtually the first twenty people who talked were adamantly against any road through the state forest. I left after that.
I made a clerical error in the above post. The three alternatives were proposed to be slightly west of the power line, not east. Also, the right of way, would be 150’, most likely clear cut, not a modest two lane as most people envision it.
 

soappedaler

Beach Fanatic
Feb 21, 2006
427
121
Go to Facebook Let it be Forest or www.letitbeforest.com for the latest information on the Connector road and other issues concerning South Walton's State Park's and Forest. This is a program under Beach to Bay Connection, Inc. 501(c) 3.
Call 850-267-2227 for more information.
 

FactorFiction

Beach Fanatic
Feb 18, 2016
494
409
No more roads through the forest. The proposal is NOT for a one way road out. Nothing good will come of putting another road through the forest. It will just make the already congested east end of 30A even more congested. Some people will never take NO for an answer. I guess Walton County will continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to invade or divide up our preservation areas in spite of repeated failure to gain approval of the entities that have the authority to allow it. Let's work on creating better traffic flow with the roads we have instead of wasting money on study after study that doesn't change the outcome. If things don't change soon and rapidly, we are going to need a new county seal. Maybe we already do.
 

bob@lacy

Beach Comber
Jan 12, 2011
7
0
I just received a spam email that appears to be from Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization with their logo

Screenshot 2021-12-08 at 09-46-49 Okaloosa-Walton TPO - Meeting eComment .png


The Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization is the local, intergovernmental transportation policy board for Okaloosa County and Walton County. The board is comprised of local government officials who make decisions regarding transportation at a regional level. The Okaloosa-Walton TPO is required by state and federal law to establish a cooperative, comprehensive, and continuing planning process.




However at the bottom is says it is from "Walton Infrastructure Project" with an address for Terra Mar Apartments. No unit number just the apartment office. No such registered company or organization exists. Makes me wonder if the email is from Terra Mar apartments managment or someone who lives in a unit who is hiding their identity.

The email is asking to follow a URL for support for a SoWal connector road that is a "Desperately Needed piece of infrastructure!"

My question is - Who is behind building a NEW ROAD THROUGH STATE FOREST AND WHY ARE THEY DESPERATE TO BUILD IT?

Seems very shady and fraudulent.

And by the way I am against building ANY road through state lands, especially one that cuts valuable habitat in half.
 

bob@lacy

Beach Comber
Jan 12, 2011
7
0
There is a meeting about the plan tomorrow btw

DECEMBER 9
South Walton Annex Boardroom
31 Coastal Centre Boulevard,
Santa Rosa Beach, FL

TPO 3:00 P.M.TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION
 

bob@lacy

Beach Comber
Jan 12, 2011
7
0
SUBMIT A COMMENT!

Please join the Okaloosa-Walton TPO, TCC and CAC meetings via phone using the phone number and access code below:
United States: +1 (224) 501-3412
- One-touch: tel: +12245013412,,145136445#
Access Code: 145-136-445

youtube
WATCH the live meeting broadcast on YouTube
: www.ecrc.org/YouTube
 

Dawn

Beach Fanatic
Oct 16, 2008
1,198
519
Please Click this link and let them know you are against taking our precious protected public lands...

 
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