Okaloosa County BOCC — August 6, 2013 — PIO UPDATE — reading text

www.okaloosafl.com Please silence all pagers & cell phones for Board of County Commission Meeting. All visitors must speak into microphone for live broadcast & give name & address. Okaloosa County Public Works Road Division Okaloosa County's Asphalt Crews recently completed the dirt to pave conversion of Plympton Road West. At just over 2 miles in length, Plympton Road was our longest & most earthwork intensive dirt to pave project completed to date. The project was located in a hilly area that required extensive earthwork to correct vertical banks of up to 12-feet in height to provide room for stormwater associated with the project.  Road Division Paving at 1/3 of the costs! Asphalt Crews are putting the finishing touches on the dirt to asphalt millings conversion of State Line Road in Laurel Hill. The project was funded with gas taxes as part of the County’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget. The project is approximately 0.8 miles in length and is surfaced using milled asphalt reclaimed from other roadway projects Get HisTOURical Viva Florida 500 Tour of Okaloosa Sponsored by the Emerald Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau, Okaloosa County and Tammy's Journeys. About 20 Tourists visited local museums and historical areas throughout the county.  Coin Donations to Okaloosa County Time Capsule Gen. Harris, Commander, 96th Test Wing, donated his coin recently for the Time Capsule at the Heritage Museum of NWF. Museum Manager Gina Marini also received an Okaloosa County Geocache Coin for the Time Capsule. Full Time Capsule update next meeting!