Comments on: Work Underway On Nine Mile, Highway 29 Widening Projects

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:07:20 +0000

It’s a good thing that they’re widening 9-mile and 29 with all the traffic, but I sure hated to see all those beautiful old oak trees alongside the road being cut down.:(

By: BG

BG — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 02:52:10 +0000

Hay FDOT give us a little HELP here in Cantonment with the Rail Road crossing
on HWY 29 in Cantonment …It would be nice( not going to happen)

By: fred

fred — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:53:44 +0000

@PCEnvy – yep, just put all the barrels out, narrow the travel lanes, jam up traffic, and leave it go until time for a contract progress payment; then go back and do just enough to get the next payment, and leave it go until the next payment cycle. Then, figure out some cost overruns to add some more profit, and repeat the cycle.

By: Suzie B

Suzie B — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:54:56 +0000

There are actually different contracts doing 9 mile. One is right at the intersection of Hwy 29, the 2nd picks up from there and goes to Pine Forest and the 3rd is from Pine Forest to Beulah Road. This should help it progress quicker. The extra lane in the middle of 9 mile will be gone and replaced with grass medians and a few designated turn lanes. Many roads & businesses will only be accessible by going past your turn and making a UTurn. This is some of the info that was provided at the public meeting and many people are not happy with the UTurn options since the road will then be 4 lanes.

By: PCEnvy

PCEnvy — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:00:12 +0000

Spend a day a week per project and nothing gets done. This is what happens when you give all of these contracts to the same company. It should never take this long to finish a road-widening. Take a look at Olive. How long has that been going on? I drive by there everyday and I hardly see anyone there working. Someone needs to go to jail for approving these contracts.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:55:37 +0000

“…the next several years…” Ugh. I hope the contractors aren’t the same ones who did such a stellar job on Avalon Blvd.

By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:45:04 +0000

Lets be thankful that when the Alternate 90 or 9 Mile Road corridor was planned they made it wide enough for expansion in the many years to come without having to remove houses or business’. That was good planning and forethought in my opinion.

By: randy

randy — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:29:55 +0000

Fdot is 20 years behind

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:12:38 +0000

…and within 10 to 15 years Beulah Rd to Escambia Rivier will need to be 6 laned and Hwy 29 from Brent Ln to 10 Mile Rd will need to be 8.