Okaloosa County’s Crestview Bypass, the Proverbial Cart Before the Horse

By D. L. Norris There was much celebration in the 3 December 2019 BOCC meeting. The grant award agreement was signed between Okaloosa County and Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., for $64.1 million dollars of BP Oil Spill claim funds to be allocated to the Crestview bypass project. Don Gaetz, the Chairman of Triumph Gulf Coast, …