Poor Infrastructure Choices Endure Forever.

A driving force for another Entrance and Access to UWF is acquisition of the contiguous West Campus and its future expansion, increasing enrollment, and upgrading athletics including adding football. All are expected to add traffic.

UWF wants another entrance for two reasons.

• Another entrance from the West or North which is the area of significant community growth potential.
• Access to West Campus and development property.

Poor Infrastructure Choices Endure Forever. Acquisition of the West Campus added 64% to the acreage of the UWF. This increase in physical size adds greatly to the economic potential and possibilities for expansion, increased service, and economic growth to the NWF area. Such additions also add responsibility and stewardship challenges to this beautiful, valuable, and profitable land. These opportunities must not be squandered by poor choices in accessing, modeling, arrangement, appearance, and functionality of the roads and property. The university and its infrastructure will endure. There is no room for poor planning choices.

Pate Road, off Greenbrier, is a 2.1 mile access road to the Gulf Power Crist Steam Plant, and is fully owned by Gulf Power Company.

Graphic Legend: Pate Road (the left white line) bisects the West Campus. Gulf Power has not agreed to allow access to West Campus.

This road runs directly through one third of the West Campus. There is a closed security gate at the 1.3 mile mark which is 0.8 miles from the plant. Pate Road to the security gate is open, but posted as private property. Gulf Power has not agreed to acess to property or to crossing Pate Road.   The county has reportedly offered to take over the road for maintenance and been refused. UWF has asked for rights to cross the road to access about one third of its development property to the west and been told to build a bridge or a tunnel. This can not be a security issue as The Crist Steam Plant Complex is only 1.3 miles from Kingsfield Road and 0.6 miles from the northern end of UWF Campus Drive. It is only 0.6 miles from UWF Building 10, the UWF President's Office.

Minutes of Campus Master Plan meetings do not discuss any formal meetings with Gulf Power on this very important issue and there is no mention of Eminent Domain proceedings.