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Residents press Panama City commission over West Beach Drive path; staff says FDOT will not transfer road and offers alternatives
Summary
Residents in neighborhoods along West Beach Drive urged the commission to stop or change a planned multiuse path; city staff said FDOT has told the city it will not transfer the road now and would only consider a construction permit with revised 11-foot lanes and other plan changes.
Several residents asked the Panama City Commission to halt or rethink plans for a multiuse path on West Beach Drive and questioned the relationship between that path and an environmental "base savers" element of the project. Speakers said they feared the path would be imposed without adequate community consent and urged commissioners to repurpose sidewalk grant funds for ward-level sidewalk improvements instead.
Speakers who addressed the commission included Hank Pickin, who noted a petition opposing the path and requested answers from commissioners; George (last name given in transcript as Carruthers/Brother) urged the commission to instruct the city manager to seek repurposing of remaining Beach Drive…
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