Project Details

Project Limits

Perry Avenue to Pier Road

Design-Build

The project involves a design-build of the John T. Brooks Bridge which carries State Road (S.R.) 30 (U.S. 98) over the Santa Rosa Sound and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Okaloosa County.

What is Design-Build?

From bridge replacements to highway widening, transportation projects can take years to plan, design and build when each phase of the project occurs sequentially at separate times. When a project needs to be expedited, FDOT considers contracting the project using the Design-Build contracting and procurement method.

Design-Build means FDOT combines design and construction of a project under one contract. This allows construction to begin as designs are finalized.

To accommodate the bridge replacement, intersection improvements are necessary at S.R. 145 (Perry Avenue) on the west end of the bridge in the City of Fort Walton Beach, and in the vicinity of Santa Rosa Boulevard, extending to Pier Road on the east end on Okaloosa Island.

The project received Location Design Concept Acceptance (LDCA) with an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) April 16, 2019. The EA / FONSI selected the Left Alternative, with Typical Section A, with stormwater treatment facilities proposed on Okaloosa Island.

Public Meetings

Design-Build:

• Design/Build Aesthetic Workshop – March 18, 2021

PD&E STUDY

• PD&E Study complete April 2019

• Public Hearing – October 4, 2018

• Public Alternatives Workshop – May 17, 2016

• Public Kick-Off Meeting – April 23, 2015