CRESTVIEW In and next to Crestview, which already is Okaloosa County s largest and most-populated city, several subdivisions containing a total of more than 2,000 single-family homes are either being built or are in the late planning stages.
Many of the residents of all of those new houses will, of course, add to the traffic congestion on already busy roads such as State Road 85.
While the developers of some of the new subdivisions plan to upgrade streets next to their projects, far greater traffic relief is expected to come via the ongoing southwest Crestview bypass work and the planned widening of a long segment of SR 85.
Murray was accompanied by his wife and son on a morning flight from Nashville, Southwest s actual inaugural trip into Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.
He said his flight had gone well, then smiled and shared a secret as he waited with dignitaries and members of the news media for the noontime arrival of the ceremonial inaugural flight, which came in from Dallas amid much fanfare and a water cannon salute. I had to do a go-around coming in, he said. So actually, I got to do the first two approaches.
Murray said he had to pass on his first landing effort to allow a military plane to take off from the runway Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport shares with Eglin Air Force Base.
Local pilot s arrival lands Southwest Airlines at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
Southwest Airlines comes to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport UP NEXT
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Thursday was a historic day for Okaloosa County and Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport as it was announced that a partnership had been forged with Southwest Airlines that should prove beneficial to visitors and travelers alike.
It was an equally monumental day for veteran Southwest pilot Casey Murray, who was granted the honor of landing the first plane bearing the Southwest logo at his hometown airport. I ve lived here for 26 years. I m a product of Fort Walton Beach, Murray said. I wanted to be the one to say it was my wheels that touched down here first.
Local pilot s arrival lands Southwest Airlines at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
Southwest Airlines comes to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport UP NEXT
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Thursday was a historic day for Okaloosa County and Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport as it was announced that a partnership had been forged with Southwest Airlines that should prove beneficial to visitors and travelers alike.
It was an equally monumental day for veteran Southwest pilot Casey Murray, who was granted the honor of landing the first plane bearing the Southwest logo at his hometown airport. I ve lived here for 26 years. I m a product of Fort Walton Beach, Murray said. I wanted to be the one to say it was my wheels that touched down here first.
“At this point, we’ve got so many people vaccinated or the opportunity to vaccinate, and I think it’s really a personal choice whether we wear masks or not at this point,” Ketchel said at the meeting in Crestview.
In response to a question from commissioners, county Public Safety Director Pat Maddox said more than 70% of residents age 65 and older in Okaloosa County have been fully vaccinated, and that the county’s daily virus-positivity rate is down to the 3% to 6% range.
As of early Monday morning, more than 45,000 of Okaloosa County’s 201,000 or so residents had been vaccinated, according to state Department of Health data.