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Crabtree Church Widening Canceled, Funds Moved To Muscogee Road Project
November 5, 2015
Funds that were set aside to construct paved shoulders along Crabtree Church Road in Molino are being shifted to make improvements on Muscogee Road in Cantonment.
The Florida Department of Transportation provided $1,388,244 in funding to construct the paved shoulders on Crabtree Church Road from Sunshine Hill Road to Highway 97. The lowest bid received by Escambia County for construction was $2,320,000 plus construction engineering and inspection costs of $232,000. The left a difference of $1,163,756 between the project cost to the county and the funded amount from the state.
Escambia County requested that FDOT terminate the Crabtree Church project due to lack of local funding for the difference.
Now, the Escambia County Commission is shifting the $1,388,258 in state funds to a Muscogee Road widening and drainage project. The project includes widening travel lanes on Muscogee Road, not four-laning.
The Escambia County Commission will vote on the funding shift tonight.
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11 Responses to “Crabtree Church Widening Canceled, Funds Moved To Muscogee Road Project”
@My Two Cents—Nearly the whole story gives the reason why the funds were re-allocated. It states that the original intended project had enough to cover only half of the cost of over 2 million, & no source of funding to cover the remaining over 1 million shortage. The project was switched to one that matched the funds available.
I travel Muscogee road every day and trying to dodge all of the pot holes pulling a work trailer is a chore. This road is way over due for repair. With all of the log trucks and tractor trailer rigs traveling this road daily it has taking a beating over the years. Will be glad to finally see this project move forward.
Thank God!! Muscogee Rd, starting at highway 29 is in horrible shape. Thankfully, I have good false teeth adhesive, otherwise, my teeth would tall out. LOL. Not to mention, sometimes I feel like my transmission is going to fall out.
If anyone has driven on Muscogee
lately they can’t help but notice the
amount of truck traffic.
Maybe Escambia road dept got this
one right !!!!!!!
IT WOUID BE NICE TO SEE ROADS LIKE HWY 4, HWY I64 HWY 99 AND SOME MOREIN THE NORTHEND GET WIDENING WEAR A SCHOOL BUS AND A TRUCK CAN”T PASS, MEYBE WHEN SOMEONE GET HURT REAL BAD IT WILL BE DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Muscogee Rd IS in North Escambia. Although I guess there is no “official” line drawn, most consider everything North of Nine Mile Road to be “North Escambia.” It is, not, however, “mid-North end” as “No Excuses” wrote. I AM curious, however, as to why they re-allocated the money.
Dennis HE Wiggins
Non-geography major
That road was dirt most of my life. At least its paved. No need for widening
Muscogee Road is NOT in the south end of the county. It’s mid-North end if anything.
And will be much better spent on Muscogee.
I’m pretty sure Muscogee Rd isn’t in the southend of the county.
Ang again, the North end of the County gets left out in the cold. So tired of paying all these taxes, and seeing everything go to the South end.