CRESTVIEW– Okaloosa County Public Works Director Jason Autrey thinks that the primary step in constructing a brand-new pedestrian bridge on the Florida Trail has actually been taken.
On Tuesday, the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners all authorized a job order with Mott MacDonald to create a $244,867.04 bridge style record for the Yellow River Pedestrian Bridge, which will certainly assist shut a 5-mile void along the Florida National Scenic Trail.
The prepared bridge was very first gone over at the end of aNov 7 board conference, when Commissioner Nathan Boyles kept in mind that throughout a current walk along the path he familiarized the void in between the path’s western border near Yellow River Log Lake Road and proceeds at the eastern border along the Yellow River near Wilkinson Bluff.
To fight the void, walkers need to take a 20-mile detour that takes pedestrians along Highway 90 and State Road 85, raising safety and security issues for walkers and drivers alike.
According to Autrey, the brand-new record will certainly determine the particular area of the brand-new bridge by utilizing website problems to identify what kind of bridge will certainly be developed and exactly how finest to construct it in a remote location.
According to region files, when a notification to continue is released for the job, region team anticipate to have the complete record within 5 months. The whole job is moneyed with tourist advancement bucks.
This short article initially showed up on Northwest Florida Daily News: Okaloosa County intends pedestrian bridge to shut Florida Trail void
