County
commissioners are being asked to help the City of Carrabelle with a sidewalk
project along Highway 67.
Carrabelle has been awarded about
a half million dollars to design and construct new 5 foot wide sidewalks along
the east and west side of Tallahassee Street from Avenue A to Crooked Creek
Road.
That’s a little over 2.2 miles.
The design phase will happen
soon, the construction will begin in 2017.
The problem is that Carrabelle is
not actually eligible to administer the project so the county will have to
oversee the project for it to move forward.
Basically the county would act as
the project manager even though the project is in the city limits – County
administrative director Alan Pierce said that would include selecting the
design engineer – approve the design and select the contractor when the
construction begins.
The county has to send a letter
to the Department of Transportation accepting the responsibility – but decided
to hold off on the request to get more information.
Commissioner Cheryl Sanders said
she wants to what the deadline is and she wants to know if public hearings were
held to find out what residents even want the project.
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