$32.3 Million For Road Projects In North Escambia, North Santa Rosa

June 2, 2011

The new Florida budget signed by Gov. Rick Scott last week includes $32.2 million for five major transportation projects in and around northern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

In Escambia County:

  • $7,709,279 to resurface Highway 29 in North Escambia from about Pine Barren Road through Century to the Alabama state line. (Read more…)
  • $17,703,796 for resurfacing and construction engineering on the entire length of Nine Mile Road from the Perdido River Bridge to the Escambia River Bridge.

In Santa Rosa County:

  • $1,609,325 for preliminary engineering on State Road 4 from Market Road (about four miles east of Jay) to the Okaloosa county line.
  • $3,924,041 for resurfacing  Highway 89 from Chumuckla Highway  to the Jay city limits
  • $1,362,582 for preliminary engineering on Highway 87 from two miles south of the Yellow River to County Road 184

Pictured above: The new Florida budget signed last week by Gov. Rick Scott includes $7.7 million to resurface a portion of Highway 29 in North Escambia. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

8 Responses to “$32.3 Million For Road Projects In North Escambia, North Santa Rosa”

  1. pat on June 2nd, 2011 4:24 pm

    For Concerned,
    Please note all roads listed are state roads, funded by state dollars. County road paving and maintenance are county funded.

  2. Juliet on June 2nd, 2011 4:19 pm

    First, this is not maintenance money; it is resurfacing money. They are two distinctly different pots within FDOT.

    Second, for “huh”, there are three resurfacing projects listed here, and all three of them are considered by FDOT as “deficient”. By resurfacing now, we save ourselves the added expense of reconstructing these roadways later, which would be significantly more costly and time consuming.

    Third, for “concerned”, there are not worse state-owned roads that can be resurfaced in Escambia or Santa Rosa Counties. According to the latest FDOT pavement ratings, there are 30 ‘deficient’ roadway sections in Escambia. The US 29 and US 90 projects correct 11 of those 30 sections. Of 15 ‘deficient’ roadway sections in Santa Rosa, all 15 are scheduled to be resurfaced within the next 4 years, including the above-mentioned SR 89. Greenwood Road is not a state roadway, and is not eligible for these funds.

  3. jeeperman on June 2nd, 2011 3:19 pm

    For “huh”
    This is maintence money.
    The federal money for the high speed rail was money to build it from scratch.
    Then all expenses to maintain and hire employees after the initial build would be on Florida taxpayers forever more.

  4. pat on June 2nd, 2011 2:22 pm

    For William, No Misprint. There’s more than one roadway in Santa Rosa Co. labeled CR 184. Try Nichols Lake / Hickory Hammok Rd, just north of Yellow River on SR 87 south and where the current 2 lanes transition to 4 lanes. FDOT’s future plans will 4 lane this existing 2 lane section.

    There’s 4 or more CR 191’s, 5 or 6 CR 399’s, several CR 197’s. Get a good county map.

  5. Concerned on June 2nd, 2011 8:36 am

    I can think of far worse roads that need to be resurfaced than some of these. Maybe like Greenwood Road instead of part of Hwy 89. You can’t pass a car on that road without hitting a pot hole. It is very unsafe. Maybe they should spend some money on keeping people from having wrecks.

  6. William on June 2nd, 2011 8:12 am

    >>Highway 87 does not intersect Quintette road. This must be a misprint

    I’m not sure here. In the budget, it says (an exact quote) “SR 87 from 2 Mi S Yellow River to CR 184″ I had looked up CR 184, and it was listed as Quintette. That’s why I had Quintette in the story.

    Your comment prompted me to look a the map harder. Looks like CR 184-A (Berryhill Road) runs all the way to Hwy 87.

    It might be a misprint in the state budget?? I’m going to ask someone in Santa Rosa county government and post back.

  7. whodat on June 2nd, 2011 7:39 am

    Highway 87 does not intersect Quintette road. This must be a misprint

  8. huh on June 2nd, 2011 2:20 am

    Doesn’t really make any sense, her turned down a billion dollars for high speed rail for jobs. Everyone applauded him claiming it was spending money that the usa didnt have

    If thats the case, why not be consistent and not do any of these projects? And save the state money

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