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Safety, Pedestrian Improvements Begin Along 15-Miles Of Highway 29
November 9, 2015
Construction activities on a multiple safety improvements will begin this week on a 15-mile stretch of Highway 29 in North Escambia.
The $893,000 project consists of guardrail upgrades, sidewalk replacement, pedestrian railing, ditch pavement, and signalized pedestrian crossings at various locations from north of Champion Drive to the Alabama state line in Century.
Most of the pedestrian improvements will be in the town limits of Century.
“Pedestrian feature improvements from the Alabama/Florida state line through Century would include new sidewalk construction in areas where there is currently no sidewalk, removal and replacement of damaged sidewalk, installation of handrails, curb ramps for ADA, detectable warning ramps and replacement of pedestrian signal crossings,” said Tanya Branton of the Florida Department of Transportation.
Work is expected to be completed within 100 working days. All planned construction activities are weather dependent and may be re-scheduled in the event of inclement weather.
Low bidder on the project was Gulf Beach Construction Company at $893,144.74. Other bidders were Hale Contracting, Inc. at $991,819.86 and Bun Construction Company at $1,054,456.36.
Pictured: The intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 4 in Century. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Safety, Pedestrian Improvements Begin Along 15-Miles Of Highway 29”
These projects don’t just get created on the fly. They are planned, engineered, and budgeted for years before a single rock gets moved in construction. The Florida DOT’s District 3 office is responsible for planning on state roads in rural Escambia County (basically north of Barrineau Park Road.) Citizen input into prioritization is welcome. If you want to change the priorities, then I suggest getting involved. South of Barrineau Park Road, the priorities are set by the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (which used to be called the Pensacola TPO until Orange Beach and Lillian, AL were added a few years back). The TPO has an extensive public input process as well if you’d like your voice heard on south end projects.
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/moreDOT/districts/dist3.shtm
http://www.wfrpc.org/programs/fl-al-tpo
The people of Century and surrounding areas could have used a portion of this money to keep the Health and Hope Clinic open for all that have no insurance, but no, the state had to cut funds, and they always cut them from the ones who need it most, not like some of these businesses need this much tax differal.
Really, all the traffic problems in our county this is where we start. Maybe we should plant more Palm trees. That would help.
Sure could use this on Hwy 29 between N. Tate School Road and Kingsfield Road.