Dragnfly

Not about reefs but just as important. Seems like I remember years ago an effort to cut a pass in Navarre was squashed. Has anyone tried again. It seems like it would be a great improvement to the IW as well as the bay, boating, fishing and tourism. Maybe its time!!!

P-cola_Native

To many tree huggers with absolutly zero data backing their position are against the idea.

Ajerv

There was a large spread in the Pensacola paper about a month ago, but no firm information.The politicos must get behind and push it wherever the clout has to be applied because it would mean a huge financial gain for the entire area.

However, the environmentalists seem always to win out and I assume they would oppose it.

weatherman

I live in Navarre, about once a month there is something in the paper about it, someone started an unofficial committee. Pretty sure they have a website as well. So far they have had a few public meetings and are collecting donations to do an environmental study. Heck, just do a referendum so I can vote yes....

weatherman

http://www.navarrepass.com/



There ya go, have at it.

401 Cay

Hell that would take away habitat from the Turtles!! Will never happen!

weatherman

I hear ya, I am all for it though, maybe someday...... Heck, what am I thinking, they cant even rebuild the Navarre pier.....

parrothead001

Just to clear up some misinformation....The Navarre Pass committee is an OFFICIAL committee. They registered as a PAC roughly 6-8 months ago. Meetings have been going on for years about the pass, now they have taken an official stance. Get involved. www.navarrepass.com

weatherman

Didnt mean to post misinfo, posted the website up above so folks could get the info from the source. Pretty cool place to write your elected officials, they made it easy, only took about 8 minutes.

FizzyLifter

<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">http://inweekly.net/article.asp?artID=7631

<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NAVARRE PASS Forget about it. The project that could wind up costing hundreds of millions will never happen. Gulf Islands National Seashore officials oppose cutting a pass because it threatens the national park's beaches. Yes, it would make Navarre more competitive with Destin, but no one wants an area like Destin. That's what they say at the awesome T-shirt shops on Pensacola Beach.

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<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The above is just an opinion. And also an opinion but could the reason the Navarre pass is going to be pushed so Navarre can turn into a huge development like Destin? I love to visit Destin for a weekend and I am all for steady growth but do we really want high rises all over our beaches? I'm inland so it really wouldn't directly effect me but curious to what the South End folks think?