NEW - Corridor Alternatives Evaluation Summary Report
Documents for Corridor Public Meetings August 2008
Action Plans Documents
Other Documents
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Last update: June 2009 Progress continues to be made on the Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study which the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting for the proposed Gulf Coast Parkway. This new roadway would connect US 98 in Gulf County with US 231 in Bay County (north of Panama City). The proposed roadway would also provide a tieback to US 98 in Springfield to provide a bypass around Tyndall Air Force Base. In August of 2008, public meetings were held in Springfield and Port St. Joe to present twelve potential corridors for the new roadway to the public. The map which shows the twelve corridors presented at those meetings, in addition to the meeting presentation, can be found on the menu to the left. Since that meeting, public comments have been collected on corridor preferences and compiled with our environmental analysis of each corridor. This information was documented in a Corridor Alternatives Evaluation Summary Report and submitted to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for their approval (the report is available for review in the menu to the left). The report recommended four of the twelve corridors be advanced for further analysis and consideration for the development of roadway alignments. Recently, (June 10, 2009), FHWA approved the report with its recommended corridors. Based off of FHWA’s approval, the four corridors which will be analyzed further will be Corridors 8, 14, 15, and 17 (see map below).  The next step will be the development of alternatives based on these corridors. After the alternatives are developed, Alternative Alignment Public Meetings will be held in both Bay and Gulf Counties during the summer of 2009, most likely in late August or early September. These meetings will be advertised in local newspapers and letters will be sent to everyone on the project mailing list. If you would like to be added to the project mailing list, please complete the Contact Form on this website’s “CONTACT” page. The PD&E Study will compare these alternative routes for the proposed roadway and with involvement from the public help to identify the preferred route. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is being prepared to document the development and evaluation of alternatives and the selection of a preferred alternative for the roadway. The Gulf Coast Parkway would provide what is essentially a missing link in the regional transportation network and would:
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