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Half Million Dollar Expansion Underway At Cantonment Park
March 14, 2011
A nearly half million dollar expansion is underway at the Cantonment Athletic Park. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of June.
The Escambia County Commission awarded the $492,197.50 construction contract to low-bidder Roads, Inc., of NWF. The project consists of the addition of two multi-use practice fields at the park, including a grass parking lot, landscaping and drainage improvements.
The proposed site is currently wooded and almost completely surrounded by wetlands. A Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit will allow access to the site from the current park with a paved entrance road with a culvert structure.
The park expansion will be funded with local option sales tax monies.
There were a total of nine companies that bid on the project. The second lowest bidder was Gulf Equipment Corp. at $509,312.50 while the highest bid was $653,243.57 from J.B. Coxwell Contracting, Inc.
The Cantonment Athletic Park is an 80 acre regional park at 681 Well Line Road. The park has 12 baseball and softball fields, one football field, restrooms, concessions, playground and security lights. A partnership with Cantonment Baseball Club and Cantonment Football Club provides for various youth athletic programs at the park.
Pictured: An aerial view of the Cantonment Athletic Park showing 12 baseball and softball fields and one football field. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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7 Responses to “Half Million Dollar Expansion Underway At Cantonment Park”
RIGHT ON BALLPARK MOTHER!!!!!!!
Retha – you answered yourself……”bids”. Roads Inc got the contract because they were the lowest “bidder”.
ROADS INC.GETS ALL COUNTY BIDS.WHY NOT GIVE OTHER CONTRACTORS SOME OF THE WORK?
IF PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY STOP AND THINK A MINUTE, THEY WOULD REALIZE THAT THE MONEY ISNT BEING WASTED. MY SON PLAYS BALL THERE AND IT IS SO RUN DOWN. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS PLACES LIKE THIS TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN ACTIVE AND INTERESTED IN SOMETHING USEFULL INSTEAD OF VIDEO GAMES OR DRUGS. YES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT AFTER MATERIALS,LAND CLEARING AND PAYCHECKS FOR THE WORKERS ITS REALLY NOT. TWO BALL FIELDS ARE BEING BUILT FOLKS. LOOK AT IT AS INVESTING IN A CHILDS FUTURE NOT WASTING MONEY.
Let’s hurry and spend ourselves into bankruptcy; then the spending problem will take care of itself.
Why doesn’t Molino Recreation Association get any of this money. We would like to expand our park and have a football field. Seriously what is up with this?
Oh for Pete’s sake! NOT Roads Inc!?! WHY are we still dealing with them? Everything they do tears up shortly; they just give temporary patches instead of longterm solutions. Cheapest isn’t always best. Anderson Columbia does an excellent job though.
We CAN afford to pay ROADS, INC. All this money while we cut our LEOS and
our TEACHERS and WE OURSELVES ARE TAXED TO DEATH.
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO DEMAND YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
STEP DOWN. THEY SPEND YOUR MONEY LIKE YOU HAVE IT AND YOU
AND I KNOW YOU DON’T.
WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING THIS DON’T YOU SMELL THE KIND OF DEAL
THIS IS????? i DO AND IT STINKS.