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Walton County TRC conditionally approves Watersound Beach request to use stabilized crushed‑shell path on Saltbox Lane
Summary
After extended public comment, the TRC conditionally approved a development-order amendment allowing an engineered, stabilized crushed-shell path on a 450-foot Saltbox Lane segment, pending outstanding engineering and director sign‑off.
The Walton County Technical Review Committee on Nov. 19 conditionally approved an amendment to the Watersound Beach Phase 3D development order to permit a stabilized crushed-shell path (an expanded-metal grid with shell infill and edging) on a roughly 450-foot stretch of Saltbox Lane, subject to resolution of outstanding engineering and environmental comments and final director approval.
Dunlap & Shipman attorney Robert Kaufman and planner Melissa Ward presented the request (MIN25-000136) as a response to a county code-violation notice after a 2020 trip-and-claim incident. Kaufman said the HOA replaced a flush wooden boardwalk in 2021 with a Bahama rock/crust shell path after homeowners and an arborist raised tree-root concerns.…
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