DID YOU KNOW:

  1. The communities input on the October 2023 and March 2024 path design and $1,000,000.00 dollars spend on that design can no longer be used.

  2. The city met with FDOT several time and FDOT WILL NOT gift the road to Panama City Officials to destroy it, THEREFORE your elected officials spend MORE TAX dollars to draft a "Notional Plan" for a "PERMIT" FDOT MUST Approve in order to build a path on West Beach Drive.

    1. See "What's NEW 04MAY 2025" for details on the city's desperate attempt to submit anything FDOT would agree upon to destroy west beach drive and put concrete in place of the eco system.

  3. Did you know the city plans on putting 'FIRE HYDRANTS" on the "West" side of beach drive. TO use them requests stretching fire hose across 28" of road traveled by 13,000 vehicles per day and opposite the homes. No other location in Panama City has fire hydrants on the beach/bay. There are ALREADY fire hydrants on the other side of the road by the homes.

  4. CHEVRON and several local business indicated there are FINANCIAL and SAFTEY impacts to reducing beach drive lanes less that the existing 14 Feet per lane. Financial impacts to these business could be leived on all people in panama city.

1. The city wants to narrow W. Beach Drive to 10-foot lanes (or 11 foot lanes - they’re not sure).

2. The city wants to remove over 250 trees and vegetation along the south side of Beach Drive.

3. The city wants to build a 12-foot concrete multi-use path on the south side of Beach Drive. (Maybe 10 feet or maybe 12 feet, the city’s plans continue to change)

4. The city wants to have 7 (flashing) lighted crosswalks, 150 lighted bollards and 150 puck lights.

5. The city wants to place 120 new signs.

6. There is question as to whether the state funds granted for the sidewalk will be enough to build it and if not, where will money to complete it come from?

7. The only city owned property on the south side of Beach Drive is the lift station.

8. Remember "Cherry Street". The original plans ARE NOT what it has become. The commissioners can vote to change it after approval.

Click HERE to see the complete story about each of the bullets below.

Panama City Local Government referendum on Beach Drive WON thanks its skewed verbiage by elected officials, Why ?

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