The portion of State Highway 79 south of US 98, or better known as Back Beach Road, is in line to join its street brethren and receive much needed cosmetic surgery that will result in 4 beautiful lanes of wide goodness.
Category: Construction Update
Construction Update – Coastal Palms on Thomas Drive
Coastal Palms, a new development on Thomas Drive, directly across from the Navy base has just recently opened new retailers and restaurants.
It all started with a wisely placed La Quinta Inn, and now 18 months later, a budding new retail development featuring the likes of Hooters, Quiznos and a Cici’s Pizza. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the developer here is smart smart smart.
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County Pier – Construction Update
With progress being made in leaps and bounds, the city pier is on target to be completed first part of 2009. Originally estimated to be around 6 months behind the city pier, the county pier project is now scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2010, more than 12 months behind the city pier.
Construction Update – City Pier at Pier Park
Moving along as scheduled, the city pier at Pier Park is still set to open spring 2009. With the main platform going on now and pilings being driven as they move out into the water, the pier is definitely beginning to take shape.
Quoted from my previous post:
Construction is “top-down” construction, meaning there will be no barge with a crane in the water driving piles. The crane will “crawl” across the top of the piles that it puts in in order to put the next series of piles. I thought this was pretty cool, as it allows them to continue work even if they have rough seas. Delays will be less likely.
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Publix Construction Update on Back Beach Road
15 acres of chopping, grubbing, clearing and sweat, Frank and Terry are just trying to stay cool. It isn’t working.
“All that black fencing? I put it all up by hand”, Frank said. “There wasn’t a machine to help.”
It all seems to be happening so fast, but then again, Pier Park was the same way. One year it was a huge dirt field, the next year it was a thriving mall with a constant flow of activity pumping through its retailers.
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Bay County Skate Park on Panama City Beach – Video!
A needed and overdue skate park is being built on Panama City Beach and is set to open in the next two weeks.
Brian Kehl, local developer and restaurant owner had a vision and wanted a place for not only him and his 7 year old, but a place for local talent to skate ramp.
Growing up, Brian had a 9 foot vert ramp in his back yard that him and his brother Corey would skate after school and on weekends. With the only place to skate ramp around here being in Lynn Haven at Renegade Sports Center, Brian wanted something that was not only closer, but a place that would be taken more seriously as a skate park.
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Land cleared for new Publix on Back Beach Road
The Publix on Middle Beach Road is being moved to Back Beach Road. The new location will be across Beckrich from Home Depot and will likely include other stores.
I’m still unsure as to why they are moving the Publix, I had thought, at one point, that it had something to do with the CRA, but not real sure here.
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County Installed Boardwalk at County Pier
Actually, this isn’t exactly breaking news, but I thought it was worthy of noting as almost half of you are not here and may or may not have known about this.
The county built a boardwalk that goes over the dunes between the county pier and the Sterling Reed Condos off of Front Beach Road on Panama City Beach. They still have not started construction on the pier, but this boardwalk is nice because it offers a couple off-shoots down to the beach. I love seeing nice stuff like this because it makes our beaches more accessible.
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VIDEO: Panama City – Bay County International Airport Construction Update
The construction of the new Panama City – Bay County International Airport is ahead of schedule. The entire 1300 acres of the initial footprint is cleared with crews to start paving the main entry way from 388 in the next couple of weeks.
The recent approval of the state budget that included $12 million from the state will fund the first extension of the runway. Day one of operation for the new airport will include a full 10,000 foot runway. In addition, all the preparatory work will be done so that when they need to lengthen the runway to the full 12,000 feet, it will take a mere matter of months.
Something else that is cool about the construction of the new airport is that the terminal will be LEED certified using all recycled material. The stormwater treatment will be 50% greater than what is required.
There will be an additional 1400 acres outside the airport property that will be used for commercial development.
Check after the break for the video and more pictures.
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New West Bay Bridge on 79 Almost Complete
The new West Bay bridge on State Highway 79 is nearing completion. The bridge deck is completed all the way across with the surface being worked on right now.
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