Another thing to consider. FDOT plans to put a traffic signal at the intersection of Short Avenue to align with Old Jolly Bay Road during the road widening phase. If there are toll booths this will become very interesting. If toll booths become obsolete (I am not sure that technology has been worked out) there will still be no high speed tolling (unless maybe you time a green light). Chelco has began surveying to relocate the power lines. This is suppose to start next year.
West Bay Parkway - [Update: Planning Phase Underway]
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THE STATE Department of Transportation’s preferred alignment for the West Bay Parkway Segment 1 Project in Walton County (Alternative 10) has been officially accepted by the agency.
The FDOT roadway connecting CR 388 in Bay County to US 98 in Walton County east of Peach Creek and west of Watersound Parkway. A four-lane roadway, approximately 10 – 12 miles in length that will include a new high-level bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. The project will give Walton County a more direct route to the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, and serve as a critical evacuation route in the event of a hurricane.
This project has been in the works for quite some time, multiple studies have been completed and a route has been recommended. “The planning study for the bridge has been completed. Funding for design, right of way and construction has not yet been identified,” said the FDOT.
The road will cross mostly St. Joe Company land.
The FDOT roadway connecting CR 388 in Bay County to US 98 in Walton County east of Peach Creek and west of Watersound Parkway. A four-lane roadway, approximately 10 – 12 miles in length that will include a new high-level bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. The project will give Walton County a more direct route to the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, and serve as a critical evacuation route in the event of a hurricane.
This project has been in the works for quite some time, multiple studies have been completed and a route has been recommended. “The planning study for the bridge has been completed. Funding for design, right of way and construction has not yet been identified,” said the FDOT.
The road will cross mostly St. Joe Company land.
Preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition have been scheduled for a 2021-2025 time frame. "Funding for construction is beyond 2040." This is according a May 2020 DOT document for the project. Trying to get additional information.
That thing is going to extend all the way to 30A with the inevitable 'forest road'.
The Walton County 1,150 foot section of the West Bay Parkway has been approved by the Walton County Technical Review Committee.
It will be about one mile west of Watersounf Parkway and will connect to a 3,000 foot bridge across the intracoastal to Margaritaville and the airport in Bay County.
It will be about one mile west of Watersounf Parkway and will connect to a 3,000 foot bridge across the intracoastal to Margaritaville and the airport in Bay County.
I'm not quite understanding the "1,150 foot section of West Bay Parkway" part of this statement. I would assume the part going through Walton County would be a whole lot longer than that.
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I'm not sure it might be a section of it. From what I saw it will be just 2 lane at first and open up some more of Watersound for development.
That's literally what went through the TRB was a 1,150 foot culdesac.