New road through this Florida state forest is an idea going the wrong way
'It looked like any other power line easement that’s been cut out through the woods.'
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'It looked like any other power line easement that’s been cut out through the woods.'
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — In the face of some public opposition, Walton County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to extend a contract for a planning, development and environmental study for a proposed connector road between County Road 30A and U.S. Highway 98. The county has been working since 2015 with Atkins North America, an engineering firm with offices in Tampa, on traffic studies and other issues. In 2018, the county signed a $597,780 contract with Atkins for design and engineering services for the proposed connector road. That contract was extended in 2019 and again in 2020. With...