SHALIMAR A design firm that has an office in Miramar Beach will continue to help Okaloosa County officials determine what type of upgrades should be made to Santa Rosa Boulevard on Okaloosa Island.
The four-lane, approximately 2-mile-long road extends past seven county-owned public beach accessways between U.S. Highway 98 and an Eglin Air Force Base gate.
On Tuesday, the County Commission unanimously approved paying $100,000 in local option half-cent sales tax money to Richardson, Texas-based Halff Associates Inc. to provide conceptual design drawings for various Santa Rosa Boulevard upgrades.
The possible upgrades include additional parking spots and sidewalks, drainage and landscaping improvements, as well as potential traffic lane reconfigurations.