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Okaloosa officials urge delegation for highway, water and housing appropriations
Summary
Local officials and nonprofit leaders asked the Okaloosa County legislative delegation for state funding for road safety, water-main replacement and transitional housing, including multi‑million dollar requests for Destin and Mary Esther and smaller appropriations for fire equipment and behavioral-health housing.
Okaloosa County municipal leaders and community nonprofits used the county delegation meeting to press for state appropriations for several infrastructure and social‑service projects.
Theresa Hebert, a Destin city councilor, asked legislators for $2,000,000 to add a traffic signal and relocate a pedestrian crossing at the busy Palmetto/US‑98 intersection and another $2,000,000 for the Prong Lake Emergency Outfall Project, which the city says would reduce flooding by building a deepwater discharge to the Gulf. "It poses real safety concerns with regular accidents and congestion," Hebert said, asking the…
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