Almost $1.4 Million: Escambia County To Pave Shoulders Along Crabtree Church Road

December 30, 2013

Escambia County has received almost $1.4 million in state funds to construct and inspect paved shoulders along Crabtree Church Road in Molino from Highway 97 to Sunshine Hill Road.

The county will enter into an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for Transportation Enhancement Program funding of up to $1,388,244. The county was previously awarded $138,824 to design the paved shoulders back in 2011.

The paved shoulders will extend the highway by an additional five feet from the center line on both sides of the 2.5 mile segment of roadway.

Pictured top: The Molino Christmas parade travels down Crabtree Church Road. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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10 Responses to “Almost $1.4 Million: Escambia County To Pave Shoulders Along Crabtree Church Road”

  1. Made in molino on January 2nd, 2014 10:24 pm

    This is rediculous. It needs to be reported as waste and abuse. There are plenty of roads with real problems such as the afore mentioned. Just because a bunch of rich people live on a road doesnt mean they should get their road fixed when it is t broke. It was just fixed not too long ago. Fix Schaag Rd, or Breastworks or anywhere that actually needs it! Put in some real redlights at 196, Molino or 97. Take out that stupid entrance in front of the tom thumb its a hazzard. Don’t waste our money! While they are at they need to rethink the speed limits in Molino.. 65 through some of the worst places, churches, bars, bus stops, forestry, how about pave them a turn lane so people dont wreck! End rant…

  2. Biscuit on December 31st, 2013 7:23 pm

    We are putting out 4 cent a gal more for buses that we can’t utilize, fixin to pay a million for a beach property, that I can’t afford gas to drive to & I can’t afford to pave my small driveway. But hey,!!!!, let’s pave a ditch…..

  3. ABC on December 30th, 2013 7:48 pm

    Crabtree has been done 4 times since Sunshine Hill was paved in 1987 and Sunshine Hill is disgusting, except for the extension leading to Atmore cutoff.
    They have done some patching on sunshine hill many years ago, which really didnt make it much better then…………….Its about time some money was put to use for sunshine and many others up around here.

  4. john on December 30th, 2013 6:51 pm

    What about hwy. 99 from hwy. 97 to hwy. 4. This is a heavy traveled highway with school buses going to Bratt Elementary and to Northview High school. This road had asphalt added to each shoulder a few years back to make passing safer and the word around then was that the highway was going to be repaved. The asphalt has deteriated since then and not safe. Picture yourself behind a school bus meeting a cotton transport truck on this highway. SCARY

  5. Dennis on December 30th, 2013 6:42 pm

    Yes it does. Have somewhere to stand for the Christmas Parade.

  6. judy on December 30th, 2013 9:01 am

    what about using that money to pave Cedar tree Lane…..not shoulders of a road already paved.

  7. Walnut Hill Roy on December 30th, 2013 7:37 am

    That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense when the state is going to revamp the intersection of routes 29 & 97 probably moving the dangerous entrance to Crabtree Church Road.

  8. anonymous on December 30th, 2013 7:13 am

    1.4 million? Thats a lot of money that could have gone to roads that need to be repaved

  9. Oak Grove Bud on December 30th, 2013 5:50 am

    Seems like that money would go a long way to repave and improve Pine Barren road from Breastworks Rd. to highway 4…..it is a major roadway to Northview high school.

  10. Henry Coe Jr on December 30th, 2013 1:53 am

    To what purpose? I’ve never heard a complaint about this road and it is surrounded by farm land and it comes from other roads that are all farm land roads.
    I’m all for investing in progress, but is this money being spent where it is needed?

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