This is FANTASTIC news for those of us who love spending time at the beach in Perdido Key.
It has been a struggle, a long, drawn-out struggle. Read about the long fight for this beach access here.
But now we are at a major watershed moment. The last big document we needed is now here. Read it for yourself.
This document allows for the construction. Our environmental staff have worked hand in hand with the department of Fish and Wildlife and other stakeholders to design an access point that both provides access to the beach for citizens and guests, but one that also meticulously follows the Habitat Conservation Plan to protect the endangered species that live on this property.
This is truly a win-win--for humans and animals.
Now--there are still those that are disgruntled, those that wanted to continue the status quo where this parcel remained sequestered behind locked gates and was only to be used by locals, the nearby and across the street condo owners, as their own, personal private beach. Yes, yes--although they feigned indignation about the "danger" to the "critical habitat"---this trope of "concern" was always nothing but a ruse.....That's a known fact of reality so far as I am concerned. It was and still is all about them, their agenda, and their use of this property and a simultaneous disdain for cooler-dragging day visitors like me.
But their efforts failed. Again---the true reason these condo owners and other interested persons fought this access development for you and I is/was because they wanted this beach to be their own beach---they did NOT want day visitors like you and I visiting THIS BEACH.
So they filed a lawsuit which went nowhere. And it is going nowhere. DOA.
We will soon, very soon, complete the work to #OpenOurBeach.
Meanwhile, we have approved $225,000 in TDT funding to construct this access (which may be a bit short due to increased construction costs which may necessitate an infusion of an additional $50-$70K from the TDT--no problem. ), we have 100% plans, we are moving forward.
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Good deal
couple of slick add on at the end of meeting also ;)
I wonder if any of the people who are claiming that "that beach is already available for the public to use" might have caught Councilwoman Meyers laying out what a disaster of accessibility the beach accesses on the Key have become under Doug's tenure.
Or gotten it through their thick skulls that Beach Access 4 is supposed to be ADA accessible so EVERYBODY can enjoy the beach. Not just able bodied people who can avail themselves of the Crab Trap parking and walk all the way across their dune and beach area in order to get to the area of public beach that the public helped buy.
Or every considered that people with disability issues are actually part of "the public."
Nah. That is on cruel set of people over on ECW bragging it up about how long they have been using that beach. And apparently they have zero idea that their lack of humanity is on full display.
--Mel Pino
That's great. Maybe they will open it before a pedestrian gets hit on Johnsons beach road. Since folks have decided to illegaly park all along the road and walk in the road. When someone does get hit, I would tell them to sue the county for not enforcing the law and allowing it to happen.
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