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West Beach Drive path plan faces FDOT-design, right-of-way and grant-timing questions
Summary
Residents and a transportation critic pressed city staff for the factual status of the FDOT-backed West Beach Drive multiuse path — how much of the $8 million grant remains, how much has been spent, whether revised plans comply with FDOT right-of-way limits, and a looming grant extension deadline.
A widely advertised $8 million grant for a West Beach Drive multiuse path drew sharp public questions at Panama City’s town hall about how much money remains, what work FDOT will approve and whether the project timeline is in jeopardy.
A citizen who identified himself as a project critic asked three practical questions: what FDOT has said the city can or cannot build in the state right-of-way; how much of the $8 million grant has already been spent; and the status of revised plans that staff say are under FDOT review. He told the commission he had filed public-records requests and found no evidence of recent engineering invoices or quarterly reports to FDOT, and he urged the city either to re-purpose the funds…
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