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Walton County awards $2 billion contract for South Walton multi-use trail phase; residents ask about stormwater and DRI
Summary
Commissioners awarded ITB 25-04 to C.W. Roberts for the South Walton multi-use trail (MacBayou Pedestrian Improvements Phase 1). The item passed after brief discussion; residents asked whether any of the work falls inside the Sandestin DRI and what stormwater standards will apply.
Walton County commissioners voted to award ITB 25-04 to the lowest, responsive bidder, C.W. Roberts, for construction of the South Walton multi-use trail project (MacBayou Pedestrian Improvements Phase 1). County staff read the bid amount as $2,000,283,819.20; the board approved the contract and authorized the chair to sign.
County engineer Chance Powell described the project’s limits: the work will begin near the hospital on MacBayou Road, extend north through the two 90-degree bends and terminate at Harborview, and include resurfacing of MacBayou Road and a multiuse path through the corridor. Powell said Phase 2 would extend into Driftwood and connect around the west side of Driftwood Park and Shipwreck Road.
Public speakers asked whether the trail work was inside the Sandestin DRI and what stormwater standards would apply. Powell said, to his knowledge, the multi-use trail work for Phase 1 is on existing traveled roadway and is not within the Sandestin DRI; he added that multi-use paths and resurfacing are exempt from stormwater management requirements but that the project will follow best management practices. A resident pressed the issue, asserting part of the project is in the Sandestin DRI; Powell responded that applicable stormwater requirements are the ones identified in county practice and the 1984 settlement and that project work would meet applicable standards.
Commissioners approved the award by voice vote. The board reserved discussion of later phases and reiterated that construction and required regulatory approvals will proceed through standard permitting channels.
