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Public Comment Solicited On Solar Powered Bus Shelters, Sidewalks For Palafox
March 28, 2023
Escambia County has prioritized three projects to apply for available grant funding.
The projects are:
- ECAT solar-powered bus shelters with ADA upgrades
- Palafox Street sidewalks from Highway 29 to Nine Mile Road
- Regional sidewalk and drainage projects:
- Jackson Street sidewalks and drainage from 57th Avenue to New Warrington Road
- “W” Street sidewalks from Airport Boulevard to Highway 29
- Hollywood Avenue sidewalks and drainage from Massachusetts Avenue to Fairfield Drive
The grants are part of the Rebuild Florida Hurricane Sally Hometown Revitalization Program. Led by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Office of Long-Term Resiliency, the program is designed to support the recovery of economic activity in commercial areas of Hurricane Sally-impacted towns and cities by facilitating the return and recovery of businesses, jobs, and provision of goods and services to the community.
The public comment period on the projects is open through April 12. Send comments to sallyrecoverygrant@myescambia.com.
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4 Responses to “Public Comment Solicited On Solar Powered Bus Shelters, Sidewalks For Palafox”
Do not build the bus shelters. They will turn into another homeless camp. I have noticed all over town that benches at bus stops have been removed because the homeless camp on them thus ruining it for everyone including the people who are actually waiting on a bus. Never will I understand why Escambia county is allowing the homeless population to trash our town. It looks deplorable everywhere you look with trash and people begging for money at most major intersections. Is this what we really want our tourist to see when they arrive. They have even taken over a county park in Brentwood across the street from a school. How is this ok and tolerated? What a shame.
We had to call and get the bus shelter removed from Palafox and Murphy Lane area because it basically became a homeless shelter that was slept in, pooped in, with used needles everywhere and trashed beyond belief every week right in front of a business. Bus shelters in areas of high homeless populations quickly become eyesores and trash receptacles and are a waste of money. Don’t waste tax payers dollars on bus shelters in that area of Palafox.
“William, i guess that i don’t understand the Palafox st sidewalks from Hwy 29 to nine mile rd. because they are cross streets.???”
Got me at first too until I pulled up the map and thought for a bit. Palafox also intersects HIghway 29 at the “Y” down near Brent Lane and Pensacola Christian College. So from there back up to to Nine MIle.
William, i guess that i don’t understand the Palafox st sidewalks from Hwy 29 to nine mile rd. because they are cross streets.???