Comments Open Escambia RESTORE MYIP; Potential Projects Include Cantonment Community Center, O.C. Phillips Bridge

November 25, 2023

The open comment period for Escambia County’s RESTORE Act Draft Multi-Year Implementation Plan Amendment 3 is only open for another week.

Visit MyEscambia.com/MYIP to view the amendment and submit your comments before Friday, December 1.

MYIP Amendment 3 proposes alterations of two projects and the addition of eight new projects. The two alteration projects include the Escambia County Workforce Development program and Little Sabine Bay Restoration program. The eight new projects include:

  • Perdido Key Public Beach Access – Property Acquisition and Construction
  • Pensacola Bob Sikes Fishing Pier – Rehabilitation
  • Cantonment Community Center – Construction
  • Palafox Complete Street – Construction
  • South Navy Boulevard Improvements
  • Bayou Grande Watershed Management Plan
  • O.C. Phillips Bridge Replacement
  • Carpenter Creek Headwaters – Carpenter Creek Watershed Management Plan Site 16
Public comments will be accepted via the following ways:
Emailing restore@myescambia.com
By mail – Attention: Terri Berry, Natural Resources Department, 221 Palafox Place, Pensacola FL 32502.
In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded, killing 11 workers and leading to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. As a result, the RESTORE Act was signed into law in 2012, directing 80% of administrative and civil penalties back to the impacted areas of the Gulf Coast through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund.

The U.S. Department of Treasury serves as the administrator of the RESTORE Act Direct Component, one of five funding streams through the RESTORE Act. In Florida, RESTORE Direct Component projects are selected and implemented by the 23 Gulf Coast counties, contingent on compliance with the RESTORE Act and acceptance by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

To ensure projects are consistent with the RESTORE Act and obtain broad-based participation in the project selection process, Treasury requires submittal and acceptance of a Multi-Year Implementation Plan. The U.S. Department of Treasury approved Escambia County’s Initial MYIP on Oct. 20, 2017, which included 10 projects selected by the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners.

The first amendment to the MYIP was approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury on June 16, 2020, which included modification to three projects included in the Initial MYIP and the addition of eight new projects. The second amendment to the MYIP was approved by the U.S. Department of Treasury on Aug. 16, 2021, which proposed the addition of funds to one existing project and the addition of a new project.

The RESTORE Act and the U.S. Department of Treasury require the county to complete a 45-day public comment period to obtain broad-based participation from the public prior to the submittal and approval of MYIP Amendment 3. Escambia County will take all public comments under advisement and reflect those comments in the public comment section of this document following the public comment period closure.

For questions or more information, email. restore@myescambia.com.

Comments

8 Responses to “Comments Open Escambia RESTORE MYIP; Potential Projects Include Cantonment Community Center, O.C. Phillips Bridge”

  1. Lou on November 29th, 2023 8:48 pm

    They already decide , what to do with those funds . Your input does not count , unless you are wealthy , well conected. If you are a regular person with limited value , does not count. Election year 2024 make it count by changing the statues quo.

  2. Not You on November 27th, 2023 10:55 am

    @JJ
    @RW

    Pine Forest Rd is SR 297 and falls under jurisdiction of FLDOT not Escambia BOCC.

  3. Andrea Levitt on November 27th, 2023 12:43 am

    South Dog Track continues to be ignored. The inspector, Alan, won’t even return my calls with ALL of the ROW drainage blocked by trees down from 2120 Dog Track Road Construction. As usual, neighborhoods win.

  4. Patty Birgel on November 25th, 2023 9:04 pm

    West side has been without a fire station for over 5 years. Insurance companies generally charge high premiums to homeowners in communities with an FSRS (Fire Suppression Rating Schedule) rating of nine. If the nearest fire department is more than five miles away from your neighborhood, your home will be in a group of properties with an FSRS rating of 10. Since the station on Bauer Road closed, the home owners in that area have experienced significant insurance increases and some home owners have been dropped by their insurance company. Until the county infrastructure can support the safety of our community, we need to put non-essential expenses (community centers, fishing piers, beach access, boat ramps, etc.) on the back burner and take care of basic needs.

  5. Me on November 25th, 2023 9:36 am

    AMEN!!! JJ. You should see how many wrecks there are on Pine Forest where Bush Street intersects with Pine Forest because there is NO turn lane on PF!!

  6. RW on November 25th, 2023 9:17 am

    RIGHT JJ FIX PINE FOREST

  7. JJ on November 25th, 2023 9:07 am

    how about scratching off all projects till Pine forest
    To 9 mile road north of I-10 is done properly with a light at DETROIT!!!!!

  8. Just curious on November 25th, 2023 2:07 am

    What? No new community centers listed for Century?

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