A section of A1A was washed out by Hurricane Matthew in October. Thursday night, a public hearing was held in Flagler County to explain long term options to protect State Road A1A and the people who depend on it.

Carol Fisher knows there’s a lot riding on that stretch of road for residents and business owners. She has the perspective of both. In addition to living there, for eight years she owned a coffee shop off the section of A1A that was destroyed by the storm.

“It’s not only my house. It’s my life, my personal enjoyment of the beach, which is why I live here," she said.

Fisher said the temporary road fix in place was a gift.

People got a chance Thursday night to look at maps and renderings of the options on the table. The Florida Department of Transportation collected feedback from those who attended.

“People move here for a reason, but we also have A1A which is a roadway that a lot of people use for getting to point A to point B," Steve Olson with the Florida Department of Transportation said. "It’s a scenic highway. All of these things have to be taken under consideration.”

Resident Lawrence Rambo attended the meeting Thursday.

“The charm of the old fishing village is what we all moved here for, so we don't want to see that change," he said after researching the plans.

Some options include building a retaining wall. That’s something that raises a concern for city manager Larry Newsom. He called beach nourishment an expensive maintenance program, and has concerns about any option that could make it unaffordable.

"If it’s going to jeopardize funding from the feds, not just now but in the future. Well then, that’s a concern Flagler Beach has,” explained Newsom.

Other options could relocate A1A. Another improvement plan replaces A1A with a trail and uses Central Avenue as the northbound lane and Daytona Avenue as the southbound instead.

FDOT says a construction start date on the long term solution completely depends on whatever option they come up with after hearing from the public.