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SoWalSally

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Feb 19, 2005
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From Walton Sun

The Miramar Beach access will not be repaired in time for the 2006 tourist season.
The access cannot be replaced until the county?s beach nourishment project has been completed, explained Kriss Titus, Director of the Walton County Tourist Development Council.
The park?s 70-space parking lot and dune walkovers were destroyed after Hurricane Dennis in 2005, the second time in about a year. Hurricane Ivan did similar damage in 2004.
In addition to updating the storm water drainage system at the park, the county is designing a new parking lot elevated on pilings. In the event of sand erosion during a storm, the parking lot will remain intact, explained Brad Pickel, director of beach management for the TDC.
However, the TDC cannot obtain construction permits until the beach nourishment project is complete.
?It requires us to go through the entire permitting process because it?s a new structure,? Pickel said.
Beachfront eatery Pompano Joe?s owns roughly 10 percent of the parking lot.
?It will certainly affect (business) this summer. Ideally, we?d prefer to have it prepared before this summer,? John Comer, president of Southern Restaurant Group, which owns Pompano Joe?s. ?(But) we can?t continue to rebuild this access after the passage of every storm.?
Beginning Jan. 23, the nourishment project will move westward from Topsail Hill State Preserve to Henderson State Park. Miramar?s access should be completed no later than next summer, Pickel said.
?This summer, things will be a little congested. We?ll just have to work hard and get through until it will be smooth sailing,? Comer said.
 

SoWalSally

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Feb 19, 2005
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Re: Miramar beach access repairs delayed

The redesign of many county maintained beach accesses has caused a delay in rebuilding them.
The Tourist Development Council takes care of all walkovers in Walton County. Eighteen walkovers were built before the Federal Emergency Management Agency told the TDC they had to build stronger walkovers.
?FEMA said we had to be build sturdier walkovers in order for the county to get money to rebuild them,? said Brad Pickel, director of beach management at the TDC. ?We had to redesign and re-permit them through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Agency. We had to negotiate with FDEP to get new permits. It slowed everything up.?
Because the TDC is following the stricter standards, FEMA will pay for 75 percent of the cost to rebuild them.
Twenty of the 56 walkovers are up, Pickel said. Permits for another 18 walkovers were received by the TDC on Feb. 17. The plans for the walkovers will be presented to the county and the bid process started in the next 10 days.
The five accesses at Miramar Beach won?t be fixed until the Western Walton County Beach Restoration Project is complete, because the beach will be heightened and extended, Pickel said.
 

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Open as of today:
  • Norwood Drive : Located at the southern end of Norwood Drive in Miramar Beach
  • Dune Allen Regional Access: Located on 30-A; west of Oyster Lake at Fort Panic Rd.
  • West Allen Loop Beach Access: Located on 30-A; east of Oyster Lake at the southern end of West Allen Loop in Dune Allen.
  • Lake Causeway : Located on 30-A; at the western side of Vizcaya east of Oyster Lake outfall in
    Dune Allen
  • Ed Walline Regional Access walk on path: Located at the intersection of Hwy. 30-A and County Rd. 393.
  • Gulfview Heights Regional Access: Located behind Goatfeathers restaurant in Santa Rosa Beach
  • Blue Lake Beach Access: Located at the southern end of Blue Lake Road in Blue Mountain Beach
  • Grayton Beach Regional Access: Located at the end of DeFuniak Street in Grayton Beach .
  • Van Ness Butler Regional Beach Access- located between Seaside and WaterColor
  • Thyme/Dogwood- Located on 30-A, west of Highway 395 in Seagrove
  • Live Oak- Located on 30-A, west of Highway 395 in Seagrove
  • Andalusia St- Located at the end of Andalusia St in the Sea Highlands subdivision of Seagrove
    Beach .
  • Dothan Avenue ? Located at the end of Dothan Avenue in Seagrove.
  • Santa Clara Regional Beach Access: Located along Hwy. 30A on Bramble Grove Rd in Seagrove
  • Beachwood Villas- Located across from Beachwood Villas and Tom Thumb convenience store in
    Seagrove.
  • One Seagrove - Located in front of One Seagrove Place in Seagrove.
  • Ramsgate Beach Access- Located along Eastern Lake Road west of Eastern Lake in Seagrove
  • Sugar Dunes: ? Located off of San Roy Rd., east of Eastern Lake in Lakewood Community.
  • Walton Dunes: - Located at the end of Beach Front Trail east of Eastern Lake adjacent to Dunes of
    Seagrove.
  • Seabreeze - Located along Co. Hwy. 30A in Seacrest.
    Wall St. - Located at the end of Wall Street in Inlet Beach .
  • Inlet Beach Regional Access Center- the center ADA ramp only located at the south end of Orange
    Street in Inlet Beach .
  • Phillips Inlet Access: Located at the end of Lakeshore Drive , one block east of Orange St .
  • Walk-on access area east of Pompano Joe's on Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach
  • Walk-on access area east of Whale's Tail on Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach
  • Blue Mountain
 
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