bsmart
05-19-2008, 01:37 AM
I have known about the plan to relocate and expand the Panama City-Bay County International Airport for quite some time, but did not really know the level of detailed planning efforts that have gone into this project. I recently read that in February of this year, a U.S. District Court judge in Florida allowed for the next phase of project planning to take place, because the opponents of the airport, having the burden of proof, failed to demonstrate that there had been some procedural violation under NEPA and the Clean Water Act by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers when they granted the Airport Authority with the permits needed to proceed with construction.
I discovered that the St. Joe Company has a mitigation plan called the West Bay Sector Plan, which would essentially restore on approximately 9,608 acres, habitat similar to that which will be lost on approximately 4,000 acres as a result of the airport relocation project. The point of this post is the gauge your thoughts on this project and on the West Bay Sector Plan (http://www.joe.com/web/JoeStory/ConservationByCooperation/westbaysectorplan). Do any of you have any familiarity or experience with the St. Joe Company's other environmental mitigation or restoration/conservation projects?
I discovered that the St. Joe Company has a mitigation plan called the West Bay Sector Plan, which would essentially restore on approximately 9,608 acres, habitat similar to that which will be lost on approximately 4,000 acres as a result of the airport relocation project. The point of this post is the gauge your thoughts on this project and on the West Bay Sector Plan (http://www.joe.com/web/JoeStory/ConservationByCooperation/westbaysectorplan). Do any of you have any familiarity or experience with the St. Joe Company's other environmental mitigation or restoration/conservation projects?