Protest Could Delay Four Lane Project One Year
A protest by Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises challenges Couch Construction’s $7.67 million bid to relocate Highway 98. The dispute pauses mobilization and may push the 7.4 mile four lane upgrade back up to a year. An administrative hearing will set next steps while DOT reviews balance of bid items and contingency costs.
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Ingrid Kreis
Dothan
Couch Construction Co
Okaloosa Asphalt
DOT
Couch Construction
Ed Hula
Destin
South
Walton
Cummings
Couch
Okaloosa
Mark Linsky
Department of Administration
Bob Benton
Benton
Hula
Alabama
Bill Waddell
Waddell
Feds Turn Thumbs Down On Dunes Park
National Park Service officials rejected Grayton Dunes as eligible for National Park or seashore status, citing lack of unique resources due to development. Regional administrator Robert Baker reportedly did not support adding the land, which FDIC plans to sell, to Gulf Islands National Seashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Grayton Dunes
National Park Service
Jim Howard
National Park Services
Southeast
Atlanta
Grayton
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Robert Baker
Howard
Center Board Rejects Fire Lease with Four Counter Options
Destin Community Center directors voted to present a four option counter to the Destin Fire District over leasing Center property. The board debated a 20 year term and half percent of annual tax revenues, but ultimately backed a substitute motion to seek alternatives.
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Karen MacGrogan
Destin Community Center
Destin Fire District
Maggie Flanagan
Lloyd Taylor
Fire Board
Stahlman Avenue
Malcolm Patterson
McIlroy
Center
Coleman Kelly Trust
Destin
Fire District
Ponds Pollution Under Study As Harbor Inflow Assessed
Officials track waste flow from Perc Ponds at DWU near Airport Road to Old Pass Lagoon. Northwest Florida Water Management District and state regulators will study groundwater migration and nutrient runoff, noting not a health hazard but potential fertilizer impact and algae blooms amid fish kills and other harbor issues.
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Ingrid Kreis
Airport Road
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest Florida
McCartney
Perc
State Department, of Environmental Regulation
Jesse Borthwick
Water Management District
DER Warns DWU Over Ponds sewage violation at Destin
DER officials plan a warning letter after Destin Water Users violated water quality standards by discharging partially treated sewage into an unused percolation pond. Samples showed 186 mg/L suspended solids and more than 1.2 million fecal coliform cells per 100 ml, far above state limits. Samples for BOD are pending.
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Ingrid Kreis
Department of Environmental Regulation
DEA
Jesse Borthwick
Borthwick
DWA
DWU
DER
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Isle
BCC
Feds
Dunes Park
Center Board
Flanagan
Taylor
Patterson
Perce
Bob Kriegel
John Williams
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