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DAYTONA BEACH — A required beach access pedestrian walkway on the northern boundary of the controversy-plagued construction site of the $192 million Protogroup twin-tower hotel-condominium project was closed again this week, at least for a time, just as Bike Week visitors started to arrive for the annual 10-day event. “We come down here every year and I don’t know how you get down to the ocean anymore,” said Perry Schafer, 60, a guest at the 10-room Sea Dunes hotel, located at the base of the Protogroup’s South Tower at the intersection of Oakridge Boulevard and North Atlantic Ave...

DAYTONA BEACH — Construction work that had been started by developer Protogroup on a controversial valet parking lane at the intersection of Oakridge Boulevard and State Road A1A has been removed by FDOT crews, returning the intersection to its original traffic plan at the developer’s expense. The work by FDOT crews involved “removing a traffic separator, restoring pavement markings and bringing the traffic signal at Oakridge Boulevard and S.R. A1A back into operation,” according to FDOT spokeswoman Allison Colburn. Colburn said the $19,000 cost of repairs will be billed to Protogrou...