Comments on: Escambia’s Legislative Funding Wish List Includes Muscogee Road, Beulah Interchange, Pine Forest Road

By: Whisperjet

Whisperjet — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:22:26 +0000

…I agree with most of these folks on Jack’s Branch..I grew up in Gonzalez before US 29 was 4 lane..and 6- lane US 29 to nine and a half rd. a waste of money..most practical idea would be to upgrade US 29 into an expressway ( I-110 ) in the same route as US 29 now runs to the state line or even all the way to I-65..I lived in NYC for 2 years…all concrete and asphalt..US 29 is already here..use that foot print..yes..it would be expensive..but you would not destroy thousands of acres of Escambia county..

By: Tabby

Tabby — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 04:13:03 +0000

@JacksBranch—Your fighting a losing battle. Prime example is the beauty and solitude of Wallace Lake Road that everybody wants. Till all of a sudden you look around and it’s packed. My family has been in Barrineau Park almost 100 years and I barely know anyone there anymore. The new ones I meet are almost always not from around here. It saddens me. Once that highway is put in, it will essentially move Ensley to North Cantonment/Molino. Gone will be the small town feel. Heck, it’s almost gone now. Yuppies come here for reasons why we stay, then wanna start changing things.

By: Jack's Branch resident

Jack's Branch resident — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 16:00:41 +0000

We residents do not want the expressway in our backyards either.. find an area that is not lined with farms of cattle, etc.. plus I do not want to look out my back window and see the friggin’ expressway… I love having my neighbors cattle in my vision or even the beautiful moon rises that happen out here.. we moved to the country to raise cattle, chickens, etc.. and now if that expressway goes through, my neighbors and I will lose all of that along with the nice quietness that is out here.. find another place to put that expressway that doesnt impede on families homes

By: Tabby

Tabby — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 02:45:15 +0000

NONE of your comments compare to what the “Beulah Beltway” is going to do to the North Cantonment/Molino areas. Your talking traffic but that piece of (infrastructure) is going to change a way of life for many. Some will lose the property where they have their entire lives invested in. It’s literally insane that yuppies, yankees, and redneck wannabes want to move out here because of the way of life then spite it by wanting Dollar Store, Walmart, or even a Starbucks. Those I speak of spend most of their time in town anyway because they can’t or don’t want this way of life. What a joke.

By: ekg

ekg — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:56:24 +0000

A lot of county roads get lots of traffic coming north onto Muscogee rd just about every day because Hwy 29 is blocked by trains crossing into Champion…..and sometimes more than once daily. I have seen the traffic backed up south of Muscogee Rd halfway to Chemstrand……especially at rush hour time…..I have seen this for many many years and not once have I seen our county wanting to put an overpass to avoid this.

By: North end taxpayer

North end taxpayer — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:31:04 +0000

How bout looking at some of the roads up here in the north end of the county. Schagg road has needed to be on the list for a long time. Both sides. Maybe we should stop paying our taxes till they do what we elected them to do.

By: dishearted

dishearted — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 01:43:07 +0000

what about roads that the county said does not qualify for any work from the county , but the people have to pay full property taxes and local options tax on them. dist 5 and some on the west side of Pensacola.. the leaders made the rules ,so they can change them….. look for the small grey sign on the street sign, you will see what they are doing to the TAX payer on that road…

By: Klondike Kid

Klondike Kid — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:02:14 +0000

In other areas of the country , when the traffic volume reaches a certain threshold there is a moratorium on building permits in that sector until the road infrastructure expands to match the volume. We have never done that here & I don’t think we ever will. Home builders & developers have historically had a lot of influence on the votes of our County Commission . I saw it happen over the years in my own neighborhood of Klondike ( Klondike Rd. , 8 Mile Creek Rd , Mobile Hwy , Wilde Lake Blvd. ). The more subdivisions built in Beulah , the more shortcutters thru Klondike to get to the interstate. Human nature to go the shortest route but ruins other people’s quality of life.

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:57:25 +0000

I think it’s great the county has named these road projects in an attempt to improve the traffic situation. Sadly, I don’t have much optimism or confidence that these projects will actually improve anything unless they also improve the timing of the traffic signals. Look at what a parking lot Airport Blvd. has become after widening and other improvements thanks to non-synchronized traffic lights and lights that hold for crossing traffic well past when the last car has gone. Same with Highway 29 from Cantonment south-bound. Same with 9 Mile between University and Highway 29. Drive a quarter mile. Stop. Drive another quarter mile. Stop. On and on. I realize that during heavy traffic in the morning and evening that traffic will back up due to volume, but the rest of the time there’s no need for it. All it does is create packs of impatient cars racing from light to light instead of letting the traffic spread out normally. It’s a disgrace how much time and gasoline are wasted in our area not due to traffic, but due to poorly managed traffic lights.

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:41:49 +0000

High traffic roads from Perdido Key, Hwy-98 and Sorrento Roads on the west side of our county continue to be either ignored or pushed off the planning board agenda.
NorthEscambia does an amazing, if tough, job of reporting accidents in the north end of our county. It would be of great interest to see the accurate and timely reporting of accidents, injuries, deaths along those 2-lane narrow, unlit poorly marked sidelines and lane dividers (292 from Alabama line to Navy Blvd / Sorrento Road / Hwy-98 from Alabama to Blue Angel).