幸运的是，湾县拥有一系列经济发展资产，比其规模的社区通常要强大得多. 该地区具有许多竞争优势，使湾县和大巴拿马城地区成为您做生意的好地方.

Airport

Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

西北佛罗里达海滩国际机场(机场代码:ECP)于2010年5月开放. 新设施扩大了该地区作为主要度假和商务目的地的身份和吸引力. 这是美国第一个新建的绿地机场.S. since 1995 and was designed to LEED® standards. The airport is located in West Bay, near Panama City and Panama City Beach, serving as an international gateway to the region. Service is provided by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 西南航空公司和联合航空公司都有飞往美国热门航线的航班.S. 以及国际目的地以及直达服务:

• Atlanta
• Dallas (DFW and DAL)
• Charlotte
• Houston
• Nashville

Learn more at iflybeaches.com  

它由巴拿马城-湾县机场和工业区所有，由机场管理局管理. Located in Florida’s first sector planned development, West Bay, the airport was built on 4,000 acres, donated by The St. 有足够的空间来满足未来50年的需求.

该机场取代了巴拿马城市-海湾县国际机场(PFN)，该机场位于北湾附近的巴拿马城. 旧机场的客流量平均每年35万人次. From May 2010, when the new airport opened, to 2017, ECP实现了创纪录的增长，年流量接近1亿美元,000,000 passengers.

West Bay

围绕着西北佛罗里达海滩国际机场和71,000 acres is West Bay, 一个新的区域经济中心和总体规划社区. Joe Company. 这是佛罗里达州第一个批准的部门计划，允许未来50年的规划发展.

西湾分区计划的初始权益可容纳4人.4 million square feet of industrial, commercial and retail uses, 27,000 residential units and 900 marina slips. In its first phase, over 1,占地1000英亩，计划“穿过围栏”进入机场跑道. Approximately 39,作为一项环境保护计划的一部分，西湾及其支流的1000英亩土地将永远得到保护.

In 2015, The St. 乔公司的海湾-沃尔顿地区计划获得批准, an update and expansion of the West Bay Sector Plan. 扩建区域位于海湾县和沃尔顿县西湾部门计划的西部, Florida. 海湾-沃尔顿部门计划是一项大规模的长期计划，为指导增长提供了50年的愿景, development and environmental resource protection.

Learn more at bay-waltonsectorplan.com  

Port

巴拿马城港是一个不断发展的深水港和国际门户, handling a wide variety of cargo, 与美国其他港口相比，这里是通往墨西哥的最佳航运枢纽. 近年来，该港口已在新设施和设备上投资超过5000万美元. Over the next five years, 该港口计划将其货物吨位增加到每年约2吨.1 to 2.400万吨，并承诺再投入6500万美元进行改善.

巴拿马城的地理位置为格鲁吉亚的托运人和收货人提供了墨西哥湾沿岸的门户, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and the Carolinas. The Port also serves as trading partners to Mexico, Central America, South America, China, Europe and the Mediterranean. 港口配备了现代化的卡车装卸设施, rail, barge, container, RO-RO vessel and deep-water vessel traffic.

On-site rail is provided by the Bay Line Railroad, 连接港口的多式联运配送中心, 一个占地240英亩的内陆工业园区，拥有一个新的150,000平方英尺的配送仓库和54英亩的McCallum Sweeney认证场地. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a 1,050-mile inland navigable waterway from Carrabelle, FL to Brownsville, TX, 毗邻港口，提供通往密西西比河和众多东南部港口的通道.

Primary General and Bulk Cargos Include:

• Forest Products
• Copper
• Steel
• Containerized Cargo
• Wood Pellets
• Aggregates
• Molasses
• D-Limonene

墨西哥普洛格雷索港与巴拿马城港签订了姊妹港协议. 这两个港口承诺促进航运活动，增加走廊沿线的商业机会. 普罗格雷索港位于墨西哥的尤卡坦半岛, 575 nautical miles from Port Panama City. Port of Progreso handled about 4.6 million tons of cargo in 2009, and the 160–acre port has almost 8,000 feet of commercial dock space, silos for grain storage and a cruise ship terminal.

Rail

The Bay Line Railroad, operated by Genesee & Wyoming, 是一条103英里的短线货运铁路，与CSX运输公司和诺福克南方公司交汇. Service connects to CSX’s 21,000-mile network in Cottondale, FL and Dothan, 它服务于密西西比河以东的23个州和加拿大部分地区的主要人口中心. Norfolk Southern’s network connects in Dothan, AL, 服务于22个州和美国东部的每个主要集装箱港口.S.

Primary General and Bulk Cargos Include:

• Aggregates
• Brick
• Cement
• Chemicals
• Coal
• Food
• Feed Products
• Forest Products
• Metallic Ores and Minerals
• Steel and Scrap

Roads

高速公路将佛罗里达州西北部与美国各地的目的地连接起来.S.包括最南端的10号州际公路. I-10位于海湾县线以北约10英里处，距离巴拿马城港45英里. It links Florida to California, stretching from I-95 in Jacksonville, FL to the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, CA. 10号州际公路与10条南北州际公路中的9条相交.

湾县265英里半径内的州际公路包括:

• I-10 at Alford, FL (41 miles)
• I-65 at Mobile, AL (150 miles)
• I-85 at Montgomery, AL (156 miles)
• I-75 at Lake City, FL (180 miles)
• I-20 at Atlanta, GA (262 miles)

 

 

These distances were calculated from Panama City, FL, which is Bay County’s county seat and principal city (Source: Geobytes.com).

湾县通过其他各种高速公路相连，包括美国高速公路.S. 98号和231号公路，20号、22号、77号和79号国道，以及388号、389号和390号县道. Highways 77, 79 and 231 provide access to I-10.

两条区域连接道路目前也处于规划阶段. 海湾海岸公园大道和西湾公园大道将为相邻的县和西北佛罗里达海滩国际机场提供便利的连接，并为商务和休闲走廊提供便利的交通通道.

The Gulf Coast Parkway is designed to connect U.S. Highway 98 near the Bay County/Gulf County line to U.S. 231 in Bay County, north of Panama City. The proposed roadway would also provide a tieback to U.S. 在斯普林菲尔德98号提供一条绕过廷德尔空军基地的通道. 该项目目前正处于项目发展及环境研究阶段. For more information, visit gulfcoastparkway.com.

西湾公园大道将是一条长约24英里的四车道公路, 连接沃尔顿县和佛罗里达西北海滩国际机场. 该项目目前正处于项目发展及环境研究阶段. For more information, visit westbayparkway.com.