Latest Headlines
- Cause Of ‘Major’ Fire At Ascend Remains Under Investigation
- Fire Destroys Mobile Home Being Used For Storage Near McDavid
- Century’s Small Town Christmas Parade Turns Out Small With Four Entries, No Santa
- Photos: Second Annual Cottage Hill Neighborhood Christmas Parade
- Man Facing Multiple Charges After Escambia County Shooting
- Flomaton Host Free Family Movie Night
- Tate Cheerleaders Win Top Spots In Gulf Breeze Competition
- Need Those Gifts Wrapped? The Tate Band Has You Covered
- Ice Flyers Delight Big Crowd With Thrilling Win Against First-Place Havoc
- Acres Of Christmas Lights, Hayride, Goats In Pajamas At Run-a-muck Ranch In Bratt
New 332 Lot Subdivision Planned For Devine Farm Road In Cantonment
November 12, 2024
A new 332 lot subdivision is proposed for Devine Farm Road in Cantonment.
According to an application filed by Hammond Engineering, The Colonies is a proposed 332 lot single family subdivision bordered by Devin Farms Road to the north, I-10 to the south and Bristol Creek to the east. The total project area is 87 acres with density of 3.82 lots per acre.
Plans indicate the entire project would be constructed in a single phase.
The project has not yet been set for formal review by the Escambia County Development Review Committee.
Comments
25 Responses to “New 332 Lot Subdivision Planned For Devine Farm Road In Cantonment”
Everyone in these comments once moved out here yourself. Those of us who have been here all alone could have said the same things and made the same arguements about all of you. You wanted it for yourself but not for anyone else. maybe some soul searching for all you who comment about density and traffic and infrastructure. You were one the problem yourself.
Devine Farms Rd can’t handle anymore development.
The traffic is already out of control. It takes 30-45minutes to get 8 miles in the morning.
When will someone care enough about the current residents.
Some common sense is required here. First – Are that many homes really needed here or is this case of “build it and they will come”? What happened to zoning? Why bother to zone if exceptions are made for every application? Children need schools, buses, etc. Those will come from where? Will the job market support that many new workers? The county only needs just so many burger flippers and DON’T say Navy Federal Credit Union. What about water, natural gas and sewer? Is the power grid sufficient? From experience – I DON’T have a lot of faith in FPL. Most importantly in my opinion – if some of the property has been designated as wetlands, aren’t they protected under state law? They provide a natural filtration for water supplies and habitat for animals. This needs serious thought, NOT “good ole boy politics” with cash in a collard pot.
Those of you complaining about growth and someone choosing to maximize profits must ask yourself,
Am I a Communist?
Am I trying to control what someone does with something that I do not personally Own?
Is it their private property, or is it community property?
Of course the answer is no because you are a true American and understand things such as property rights and freedoms.
If you want to control how the land is developed, nothing is stopping you from buying it.
Until then, you are literally screaming into the void.
If you want to do something useful, then convince the Commissioners to change the codes to increase the minimum size of the lots in this zone.
With so many acres & homes why not leave a couple of acres open for a walking track, playground & other common area activities?
To many house for that much land. No one wants to live on less than half an acre and really shouldn’t be living with less than an acre. This forces people to see the grocery stores and give you no room to grow your own. Building this close also pretty much guarantees all the wildlife will be forced out. Leave the land alone
Does anyone care about the existing property owners on Devine Farm Road? The front door of their homes are about 30 feet away from the asphalt. What is the LDC planning Board doing to protect people. Devine Farm Road is going from what was a light traffic road to an intermediate volume road. Require a traffic study and the impacts that this development has will need to be mitigated as part of the development order.
Commissioner Barry and the rest of the County Commissioners!!! Why don’t you make the developers pay for the roadway widening, traffic lights, etc. that are necessary to accomodate all of these developements!! This should not be on the backs of the rest of the County! Growth should pay for growth!
Again, no infrastructure to cover this many houses! Traffic is already bad and dangerous at Devine and that’s the only way in or out! Can you imagine over 400 cars trying to get out for work in the morning?? What about school buses? Use your brains people, not your wallet!!!
70% of the homes will have 2 cars, 465 more vehicles to plug up an already messed up commute using 97 and 297A and other tributary roads. Widening Define Farm Road is not the answer, building else where is best.
I agree with Dave, but these developers will jam as many houses as they can to sell as many houses as they can and make as much money as they can. They are not concerned about crowed neighborhoods and increased traffic clogging the rural roads. A development was just completed around the corner from my house and another one down the road.
The roads can not handle more traffic. Its a nightmare in the morning and evenings with traffic coming in off 97 on to 297. Then add in the Pine Forrest from 297 jam up. Those roads need to be a lot wider and a turn lane between them.
Several concerns.
Area is low land which is flood prone.
Parts of Bristol Park have been flooded 3 times. This will make matters worse.
Some of the area has been identified as wetlands.
Creek flooded to road level during 500-year flood in April 2014. This will make flooding worse even with less rain.
Will these houses be able to get flood insurance.
Will the developer advise the buyers of the flood risk?
It is difficult for residents on Devine Farm Road to just get out of their driveway. More homes are under development north of the existing Devine Farm Road. This will increase traffic problems on the road, especially with dump trucks constantly on the road, school busses, garbage trucks, delivery trucks.
BIG PROBLEM – There is only one way out from west of the creek. If anything happens to the bridge over 800 homeowners will be stuck with no exit.
The existing Devine Farms road is woefully inadequate for this kind of growth. I walk this road occasionally and must be careful not to get run over due to the width of the road in places and the traffic The road has constant heavy truck traffic from the dirt dig site on weekdays and new development construction has yet to reflect the full impact of the traffic load. I pity the families with children that live on the road. Is there not codes or standards to regulate this?
I have been a resident of this area all of my life. My question is where’s all these people coming from and why here of all places? Not that it’s a bad place but again why ? The overall pay is low the crime is lower than most places the people are ok in most cases. But the taxes are higher than most places and a lot of good old boy policy goes on here as well. The roads are pretty much being fixed but it’s been in progress for about 20 plus years and continues today. A great place to live if you bring your own money. The county truly is not prepared to accommodate these people as you will see think traffic is bad now watch and see it will get worse quickly
I question the need for more homes in this area, seems that all the land is being used for homes. Why not take the homes that need to be fixed that no one lives in and fix them up? Instead of creating more houses fix the one that are available.
As a resident in the EXISTING development on Devine Farm…. Please just stop. We need more ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST!!! That bridge is the ONLY way in and out of our community – and the bridge/roadway is about to fail. We have complained repeatedly that it needs to be repaired or replaced, even been told the replacement funding was obtained… until it was spent elsewhere. Instead let’s send high load dump trucks back-and-forth over it all day, build a couple hundred more houses behind the existing subdivision, and now a couple more hundred houses across the road and see how long it lasts!!!! When that bridge goes, there will be well over 1000 people stranded back here and our city officials don’t even care.
Great location.
18′ wide road coming in
50 – 60 year old bridge nearing replacement
Dirt borrow pit in the back
What more could you ask for.
Don’t forget to average two cars per house !
Here we go again…cue the same comments.
make sure to mention Pine Forest Road first…
am I first?
Too dense; not enough road capacity for that many additional cars in that area
This will cause a traffic nightmare at the corner of Highway 297A and Highway 97! It’s already a terrible intersection, and this will only make it much worse! Also, can our schools handle this influx of students?
Please explain how Hwy 97 will handle another 400+ cars? We already sit in backed up traffic every morning at 297, 97, Pinecone, and Pine Forest.. Also, next time 11 mile creek floods because the industrial ponds up stream over flow and break the dam again, will our tax dollars have to buy out the morons who buy these houses? Future slum in the making.
MORE uncontrol growth……….
Escambia county is not ready
for more people and traffic……
Something has got to give………soon
Too dense. Less houses, larger lots.