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Public Meeting: Highway 29 Six-Laning From I-10 To Nine Mile
August 17, 2016
The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting for work beginning soon on Highway 29 from I-10 to north of Nine Mile Road) n Escambia County. The meeting will be held Thursday, August 25 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. CDT at Smyrna Baptist Church, 7000 Pensacola Boulevard.
The $48.9 million project includes widening Highway 29 from I-10 to north of Nine Mile Road from four to six travel lanes. Additional improvements include replacing the bridge over Nine Mile Road, roadway lighting, sidewalks, bike lanes, signalization improvements, and drainage upgrades. FDOT representatives will be available to provide information about planned construction work and potential impacts.
Construction activities are scheduled to begin in September 2016 and will require nighttime lane closures and speed limit reductions on Pensacola Boulevard. Weather permitting, the project is slated for completion summer 2020.
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17 Responses to “Public Meeting: Highway 29 Six-Laning From I-10 To Nine Mile”
Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements on meetings for 9 Mile Rd. and for Pine Forest Rd improvements. I got in at the last minute to talk to someone at this meeting and they said there are some public meetings coming up to address these in the future. Gosh I hope so. Almost missed this meeting as I forgot it until it was almost too late when I got there. *fingers crossed for improvements in the future
I don’t understand why Escambia county seems to take pride in remaining 20 years behind the times. Here we’re going to waste 4 years and millions of dollars just 6 lane Hwy 29 to 9 1/2 Mile road….Hey FDOT, ya’ll realize the majority of the traffic still goes north right?
Take the six lane to Kingsfield road so we don’t have this same headache in 10 years….you know, like we did when you just finished widening Highway 29 up to the interstate about 6 years ago.
Another project and 9 mile rd hasnt been done. Guess the express road from 9mile rd has been removed from thoughts to
Please bring up Pine Forest road!! The traffic continues to get worse and worse!
How about stopping the train? Until they build a bridge over 9 mile so the traffic keeps moving on 9 mile, they are wasting their time. I suggest studying street maps to take the back streets that are available. We don’t talk about them, but they are there Creighton Rd, Davis to 9th Ave, is not worth your life They need a few police on that road for a month to slow drivers down.
I’m all for good jobs in Escambia Co. , but if you think traffic is bad now wait till Navy Federal gets into full swing . The problem with Escambia Co . Is they are 15 years behind on roads . l realize some of the roads are state roads and not county.
I feel like the traffic on 9 mile is ridiculous. And it’s only going to get worse because of the new navy federal expansion. We need to widen 9 mile as well as 29 and pine forest!
Well, there will be more traffic going down both Chemstrand’s, 95A, Kingsfield, et al starting next month it appears. At least they’re fixing it, finally. Not excited about the time frame but it’s a solution so no point in complaining.
Traffic on Hwy 29 improves after a certain point but then you’re stuck at light after light after light. Maybe something will improve the flow. I’m hoping either myself or someone can go to THIS meeting to get direct contact info for our input about Pine Forest. Maybe it’s being considered and we just don’t know yet but I’m hoping to find out who to contact. Empire Truck Sales is building on Detroit Blvd and the owner has already been trying to find out if they are doing anything about Pine Forest, especially at Detroit Blvd. I’ve lived out here since 1981 and stay frustrated at not being able to even get out on to Pine Forest anymore. I usually end up going down Detroit to Hwy 29 to go into town.
I agree with “M”. A large part of the problem with Highway 29 is the lights are not synchronized, and hold too long at many of the smaller intersections. The current situation wastes time, money, and gasoline. Perhaps part of their project will be to adjust the lights – that would be a good question for the public meeting. Every time I drive down Airport Blvd (which I try to avoid as much as possible), I think of how excited I was when they four laned it, thinking how much quicker it would be to get from I-110 to the Airport, Sam’s, the Mall, etc. Instead, they have turned that road into a parking lot with all the extra traffic signals between Davis and 9th. I hope the Highway 29 project turns out better, but I’m not holding my breath.
Why will they not widen 9-Mile? This has become the largest congested road in Escambia Co. Hold the public meeting off 9-Mile and then you will this change quick.
All of 9 mile period!! And I agree with G..there is a lot of traffic all times of the day…which are major intersections..really needs to be upgraded all the way down or to a least 4 lanes between hwy 29 to Pine Forest. But where they wanting to start is also a good place to begin. Glad to hear that. Can you image what the traffic is going to be like for them 4+ years.
4 years? Avalon Blvd took about 10. 9 Mile to Beulah Rd is expected to take years and years. How about concentrate on 1 project at a time. Get it done in less than a year, and then move on to another.
“September 2016 to Summer 2020 that’s four years without the delays”
Only reason is:
Florida
Let’s hurry up and six lane it so that we can quickly put up another dozen traffic signals to slow traffic down. Sooner or later, some planner will be smart enough to turn some of these major corridors into limited access roads, or we are perpetuating and growing the continuous traffic jams we are faced with now.
September 2016 to Summer 2020 that’s four years without the delays
About time. How about Pine Forest Rd between interstate and 9 Mile Rd