Okaloosa mosquito control starts

Okaloosa County will spray for mosquitoes during evening hours, weather permitting. [Pixabay.com]

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program began spot spraying this month. Within the next couple of weeks, the standard evening broadcast spray schedule will begin, weather permitting.

Here is the schedule.

MONDAYS 

  • North Okaloosa: John Riley Barnhill Road to Escambia Farms, Vinson Ray Road, Beaver Creek to north Baker, U.S. Highway 90 East from Shoal River to County Line Road and north to Poverty Creek Road
  • Crestview: Rattlesnake Bluff and Little Silver Road, Aplin Road south to Live Oak Church Road
  • South County: Wynnehaven Beach, Florosa and Valparaiso
  • Destin: Destin Bridge to Airport Road

TUESDAYS 

  • North Okaloosa: East side of U.S. Highway 189 to U.S. Highway 602; Four Flags area, Baker and Holt south of U.S. 90.
  • Crestview: Aplin Road north to U.S. 90; Old Bethel Road past Sioux Circle, Rattlesnake Bluff and Little Silver Road, Old Antioch Road to U.S. 90 west of State Road 85
  • South County: Airport Road to Walton County line, Mary Esther/Fort Walton Beach and Bluewater Bay

WEDNESDAYS

  • North Okaloosa: Holt north of U.S. 90, Baker west of Galliver Cutoff, Laurel Hill to county line, U.S. Highway 393 N., Steel Mill Road
  • Crestview: Old Bethel Road to Airport Road, U.S. 90 from Fairchild Road to State 85, north to Airport Road
  • South Okaloosa: Streets off Lewis Turner Boulevard to Carmel Drive, Rocky Bayou, Fort Walton Beach from Brooks Bridge to Memorial Parkway

THURSDAYS

  • North Okaloosa: Poverty Creek Road, U.S. 393 to Campton, Baker from Galliver Cutoff to Old River Road
  • Crestview: Lake Silver Road to Airport Road to Auburn area
  • South Okaloosa: Shalimar, Ocean City, Mooney Road area and Niceville

See www.co.okaloosa.fl.us for the spray schedule, preventive tips and other related information.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa mosquito control starts