DOT Hearing on seven-laning Highway 98 Destin
Destin residents may comment at 7 p.m. Tuesday Feb 28 at Sandpiper Cove Yacht Club on a proposed seven-lane Highway 98 project from Hurlburt Field to Gulf Shore Drive. The $255,000 plan trims on street parking and grass medians and adds traffic signals. Bids are to be let in June. Fort Walton Beach holds a second meeting the next night at the municipal auditorium.
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Destin
Sandpiper Cove Yacht Club
State Department of Transportation
Destin Bridge
Destin Lumber and Supply Co
Hurlburt Field
Gulf Shore Drive
Kell-Aire Suit Ends Over Duplex Ban in Bell-Aire Gardens
Okaloosa County Circuit Judge Jere Tolton ruled that restrictive covenants do not apply to Kell-Aire Gardens property owners seeking to build duplexes. The 1981 suit by J R Bowman against Ideal Electric Co and others grew into a class action with about 100 owners, aiming to broaden restrictions subdivision wide.
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Kell-Aire Gardens
J.R. Bowman
Bell-Aire Gardens Property Owners Association
Ideal Electric Co
Clair Pratt
Robert White
Faye Tankersley
Shelby Head
Willa Meriott
Roy
Audrey Kilpatrick
Okaloosa County
Jere Tolton
Doodle Harris
Bell-Aire Gardens
Tolton
Bowman
Ideal Electric
Kell-Aire
DOT Moves Up Protest Hearing on Highway 98 Relocation
State DOT Couch Construction Co. of Dothan and Okaloosa Asphalt of Shalimar win a hearing delay, moving testimony to March 26 before hearing officer Bob Benton. The 7.4 mile bypass project, halted by a bid protest from Okaloosa Asphalt, aims to restart work next week with a recommended order due within 30 days.
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Ingrid Kreis
Alabama
State Department of Transportation
Dothan
Couch Construction Co
Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises Inc
DOT
Mark Linsky
Couch
Bob Benton
Okaloosa Asphalt
Patrick Hurley
Linsky
Panhandle
Airport Road
Sandestin
Benton
Okaloosa
Shalimar
Paul Pappas
County Drainage Plan Seen as Best Fix for Destin Flood Risk
State official Dave Villane backs a $60,000 emergency drainage fix on Airport Road to prevent future floods by diverting excess water from Quail Lake to Lake Kell-Aire. A meeting with Lakeside Village residents and county engineers is set next week amid ongoing stormwater permit review.
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Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa County
Airport Road
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Dave Villane
Lakeside Village
Dave Heinrich
Quail Lake
Lake Bell Aire
Kell-Aire Subdivision
Lake Kell-Aire
Joe’s Bayou
Villane
Keith Rapsey
Rapsey
DER
Gulf of Mexico
Indian Bayou
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State Dot
Couch Construction
Henderson Beach State Recreation Area
Pappas
Tallahassee
Linsky Sai
Dhe
Tion
Bell-Aire
Starline
Big Timber
N. Real Parkway
Nty
Werranty
Home Survey
Shore's
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