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FPL Proposes Laydown Yard Near McDavid
April 29, 2025
Florida Power & Light is proposing a seven-acre laydown yard primarily for pole storage off Camp Road in McDavid.
According to plans filed with the Escambia County Development Review Committee, the laydown yard would be located on about seven acres of an octagonal-shaped 48.65-acre parcel already owned by FPL. It is about a half mile south of an Escambia County Road Camp and the closed Camp 5 Landfill.
FPL also owns all of the adjacent parcels and those across Camp Road — the former Gulf Power, later acquired by FPL, purchased hundreds of acres beginning in 2009 for a potential nuclear power plant, but those plans never materialized.
The laydown yard, if approved, would be served to a new 30-foot gravel access road from Camp Road. The utility said the site will operate from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m. with no overnight vehicles on site.
The FPL plans are undergoing DRC internal staff review and have not yet been set for a public meeting.
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11 Responses to “FPL Proposes Laydown Yard Near McDavid”
Dad always said miserable people will gripe counting money on halves.
Re: “Has the land been rezoned for commercial use, since FPL isn’t in the agriculture business? That should have been the first step.”
See Escambia County, Florida-Code of Ordinances:
Article 1, Sec. 3-1.4(h);
“(h)Outdoor storage. Outdoor storage is allowed as prescribed by the supplemental use regulations of chapter 4 unless modified or prohibited by the applicable zoning district.”
See also,
Article 2, Sec. 3-2.2.(b).4(g) – Agricultural district (Agr);
“Public utility structures 150 feet or less in height, including telecommunications towers.”
Article 2, Sec. 3-2.2.(c).3(f)- Agricultural district (Agr);
“Warehousing or maintenance facilities for government agencies or public utilities.”
Looks like FPL might have brushed up on the rules before submitting the application, and this is an approved use.
I don’t understand the people that insist they should be able to do whatever they want with their own property yet try to tell other property owners what they can’t do with theirs.
Buy it if you want to determine the use.
“Where does the runoff goes from all those poles that will be stacked up…
Poles are hazardest treated”
Many poles concrete.
“We need this primarily for hurricane prep.:
IF that were true, why not use the laydown yards they already have in Century or Molino..in FPL’s service area. The camp road location is not even in FPL territory. It’s EREC.
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Where does the runoff goes from all those poles that will be stacked up…
Poles are hazardest treated
People will do anything in their power to reject help.
We need this primarily for hurricane prep. Having a place to put poles in preparation for potential hurricanes is essential to getting your power restored. If you don’t like this, don’t complain when it takes weeks to restore power.
Shoot, with their solar farms and staging areas and laydown areas, at the rate they are going, in a couple of years, FPL will own most of the Molino.
EXACTLY WHAT RUSTY SAID
Thought FPL has a laydown lot across from Jens Grill(former Jimmys Grill
Has the land been rezoned for commercial use, since FPL isn’t in the agriculture business? That should have been the first step.
It’s unfortunate that a greedy FPL even has a footprint in a EREC member owned and operated area. They should store their materials in an area they service and hope the powers that be shoot this down. I imagine most folks up here want nothing to do with this “For Profit” utility company and all their excuses to raise rates. I feel blessed to be part of a Co Op and trust the judgement of our management as we take care of our own.
Someone has already been using a piece of property in that general area for a laydown yard for high wire poles.
You can just barely see it from the road, if you’re looking for it.