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Connector Road Between 30A and 98 East of Seagrove
- Thread starter Kaydence
- Start date
Shannon Lince
Beach Lover
FactorFiction
Beach Fanatic
Another study that goes nowhere.
Emerald Drifter
Beach Fanatic
$600,000. Complete, total waste of money.
How many bike paths/sidewalks could that build on existing North/South connectors? Holiday Road, 393.
How many bike paths/sidewalks could that build on existing North/South connectors? Holiday Road, 393.
Jim Tucker
Beach Fanatic
Is it a waste of money because you don't want the road or think it won't be built?
steel1man
Beach Fanatic
Bingo!!!!!!!!!
Horse done left the barn and trottin'.
I suppose it could still be shot in the head though if anyone cares about protected state lands, wildlife, and sensitive ecosystems.
ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
When traffic backed up from 395/30A to the Tom Thumb, people cried for another connector.
While traffic can still back up at times, the traffic signal has effectively alleviated most of it, or at least the times I've been through it seems to have solved a lot of the problem.
If customary use isn't upheld, many of our visitors are going elsewhere.
So, there is no need for another connector anymore.
While traffic can still back up at times, the traffic signal has effectively alleviated most of it, or at least the times I've been through it seems to have solved a lot of the problem.
If customary use isn't upheld, many of our visitors are going elsewhere.
So, there is no need for another connector anymore.
FactorFiction
Beach Fanatic
A number of options have been looked at for another connector road. With every one of them there are common sense issues. Options either split the forest, damage wetlands, fauna, and wildlife habitat, too near to Watersound Parkway to make a difference, too near to 395 to make a difference, affect a neighborhood and on and on. Unfortunately, the favored option by those pushing for a road is along the power lines that already exist. Alabama Power may have issue with that (they own/have the easement), not to mention that Forestry is likely to say NO. About the only way I can imagine a road being approved at all through the forest would be to make it an elevated road and they cost big bucks so I find it hard to imagine Walton County spending the money for that. Worst of all is that all the St. Joe sector building that is going to occur over the next 50 years may end up using that road to get to the beach unless St. Joe is going to open up it's Watercolor/sound properties to their other developments. Building more roads typically brings more people. Just an unfortunate reality.
James Bentwood
Beach Fanatic
Yes I think we'd be better served by adding turn lanes at existing signals on 30A and 98, and adding additional signals at danger points like next to 98 BBQ.
The 395/30A signal is working. What is the deal with the lane in front of Seagrove Market that is closed? Is that meant to be parking for the restaurants?