 Action Plans Documents - Coastal and Marine - Indirect & Cumulative Effects - Wetlands - Wildlife & Habitat Other Documents - Corridor Feasibility Study (438 page 100MB file please be patient) - Purpose & Need - Hurricane Evacuation Analysis - Roadway Sections - Alternative Corridors These documents are in Adobe Acrobat format, and require Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe reader installed, you may download it here. |
Opportunity Florida is conducting a Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study for a proposed roadway, to be named the Gulf Coast Parkway, that 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.
Through careful analysis and communication with federal and state agencies and the general public, potential corridors have been identified for further study. These corridors are shown on the image below. The next step will be to compare these corridors and determine which ones will best match the Purpose and Need criteria established for the project. Once this has been done, roadway alignments will be developed within those final corridors. These alignments will be presented to the public at an Alternatives Public Meeting to be held sometime in early 2008. 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) will be 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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