New Airport- all it's hyped to be?

[SHELLY]

I want a Jetsons car.

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[ER]

"The Airport to Nowhere."

Shelly, that was Classic!!!!

:funn::funn::funn:

You are very correct 30ashopper. It is a classic expression which Shelly has borrowed from what they coined Henry Flagler's famous overseas railroad (The Railroad to Nowhere aka Flagler's Folly) which opened up much of the east coast of FL and Key West. Great book about one man's quest unless you harbor developer hostility.

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[beachmouse]

Made me think of the proposed Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska aka the Bridge to Nowhere.

 

[GoodWitch58]

I'd love to see the Market Research data that is supposedly driving this airport project...probably the same data that was driving all the housing development in Walton County.

Maybe (the Orange) The Beach people....

 

[Busta Hustle]

knock bay county all you want and yes they deserve a bunch of satirical comments and jabs...after billions of $$$ of investment their beach fronts still look like, well what they look like...but hey walton and freeport are counting on the spill over from the airport, just like they waited for the spill over from Eglin and okaloosa county over the past 10/20 years...
and all the d.o.'s approved and extended are for nothing but residential neighborhoods as far as the eye can see...the corridor between 77 and 79 in bay will develop in support of the major transportation hub successful or not will provide jobs and commercial development...it occurs that walton leadership only sees walton county as a bedroom community for neighboring county places of employment or more specifically just a nice place to vacation...is there such a thing as live/work in freeport?

 

[30ashopper]

You are very correct 30ashopper. It is a classic expression which Shelly has borrowed from what they coined Henry Flagler's famous overseas railroad (The Railroad to Nowhere aka Flagler's Folly) which opened up much of the east coast of FL and Key West. Great book about one man's quest unless you harbor developer hostility.

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Paradise-Spectacular-Railroad/dp/0553756842

You know I have been a pro development guy all of my life. But I have reached a point now where I feel development (what we take out) must be balanced with what we put back in. Panama City (in my humble opinion) is an unbalanced equation, and this airport is just another example of that. They think this airport is going to make up for the over development of their beaches, that it will somehow fill all those empty condos along the concrete and stucco canyon that is front beach road. Maybe it will, but the reality of it is we will end up with much less than what we started with.

 

[SHELLY]

Made me think of the proposed Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska aka the Bridge to Nowhere.

Bingo!

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[Matt J]

You know I have been a pro development guy all of my life. But I have reached a point now where I feel development (what we take out) must be balanced with what we put back in. Panama City (in my humble opinion) is an unbalanced equation, and this airport is just another example of that. They think this airport is going to make up for the over development of their beaches, that it will somehow fill all those empty condos along the concrete and stucco canyon that is front beach road. Maybe it will, but the reality of it is we will end up with much less than what we started with.

Actually the original reason for a new airport was the lack of space the current airport has, specifically the runway. In fact after they got turned down for a runway extension into the bay the FAA threatened to condemn the airport all together.

The majority of the development along Front Beach Road just happened to coincide with the new airport and a lot of the developers started using the airport as a way to entice buyers from farther away.

 

[GoodWitch58]

now, we have an airport that is under-utilized for the current and immediate future traffic; condos that can not even be auctioned off; and others that are dropping in price daily; as SJ pointed out we have a lot of traffic (cars/trucks) trying to get around; but little attention being paid to the road system except to get to the new airport; and wetlands that have been bulldozed down and are being covered over with concrete.

Is this good visioning for a sustainable future and a quality of life?

I don't think so. Whatever happend to the idea of stewardship of the land...

 

[Smiling JOe]

Bill Cramer is as sharp as they come. Maybe Harvard Law School made him be on point.