Comments on: Five Year Plan Includes Millions In North Escambia Road, Bridge Projects

By: Resident

Resident — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:40:09 +0000

What would be a great idea would be to pave Occie Phillips Rd instead of continuing to let it damage school buses and personal vehicles, as well as wasting money hauling in dirt that will only get washed away. But no, let’s just fix already-paved roads that are less damaging.

By: Troubled

Troubled — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:48:33 +0000

Dont spend the money if there not going to do it wright.Reference HWY 297A at 11 mile creek bridge. Water is being allowed to run directly in the creek. No setteling ponds to allow sediments to catch during heavy rains. Grass in Giant dead rolls installed for 2 weeks and no growth but weeds not replaced. Water pounding in new ditches with no fall for runoff. Water trapped at 297a and Heather Drive causing pounding in heavy rains out into highway. East side of 11 mile creek nothing to stop children from being sucked into culvert that runs 1000 feet +- directly into creek. just look at improvements on 297A from Kingsfield to Cantonment done last year has some of the same issues especially dead grass installed and now only weeds. Again.
Don’t waste our money if it’s not going to be done wright.

By: Tuf

Tuf — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:53:44 +0000

One way to help fund replacement of our local bridges is to purchase your gasoline in Escambia County, Florida, not Alabama. Purchasing fuel in neighboring counties and states supports their roads, not ours.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:29:43 +0000

I’m with Tuf. There are things that need to be repaired and maintained, regardless of the finances of the county and state. That’s just how it is. I imagine your tax dollars will pay for these repairs and maintenance projects, as they should. You do use the roads and bridges, do you not? That is one of the things that tax dollars are collected for in the first place.

By: Tuf

Tuf — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:11:04 +0000

His name is spelled “Bernanke”. Benjamin Shalom Bernanke, Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. He is 58, born in Georgia, and has degrees from Harvard and MIT. He is a Republican, nominated and appointed to the Reserve by President George W. Bush, and reappointed by President Obama. He belongs to the Jewish faith.

Now that spelling has been corrected and a bio established, what does Ben Bernanke have to do with this article about local county-owned bridges in Escambia County, Florida?

Be realistic, or say nothing. Help the community by providing thought out, intelligent conversation, not nonsense.

By: gm

gm — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:56:21 +0000

where is the money gonna come from dont they know we are broke our govt. is lost all control of their senses spending wont solve our problems they must pay the debt we already owe to get this country straight

By: Sel

Sel — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:22:24 +0000

So what happened to the Olive Road widening project?? It was supposed to be started in 2011!

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:06:34 +0000

It will be interesting to see how all this will be funded.

It would save transportatioin cost if Mr Burnanke could license each state with a color printer to generate US currency. When hyperinflation hits no one will notice anyway.