Case Name: WEST GATE SHOPPING CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and Alachua County, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-10-18
Citations: 363 So. 2d 407
Docket Number: No. KK-318
Parties: WEST GATE SHOPPING CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and Alachua County, Appellees.
Judges: BOYER, Acting C. J., and ERVIN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 363
Pages: 407–408

Head Matter:
WEST GATE SHOPPING CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and Alachua County, Appellees.
No. KK-318.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 18, 1978.
Elaine N. Duggar and James J. Richardson, Richardson Law Offices, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant.
Allen E. DeSerio, State’s Atty., Tallahassee, Edward L. Bush, Lake City, and H. Reynolds Sampson, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellee Dept, of Transp.

Opinion:
SMITH, Judge.
West Gate appeals from an order of taking in eminent domain, contending that the taking is excessive and unnecessary to the extent that the right of way will be used for a bicycle path on a narrow strip adjacent to the multilane highway. Chapter 74, Florida Statutes (1977). The record indicates that the Department proposes to build a pedestrian walkway on the same strip. The department is authorized to acquire land for public "ways open to travel by the public. . . ." Sections 337.-27(1), 334.03(7), Florida Statutes (1977). The Department thus is empowered to provide public ways for pedestrian and bicycle traffic as well as for automobiles. See also Section 335.065. The record reveals no error in the trial court's decision that West Gate failed to demonstrate that the Department improperly exercised its statutory power.
AFFIRMED.
BOYER, Acting C. J., and ERVIN, J., concur.