Comments on: FDOT: Nine Mile Road Work Is Almost Done

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 05:38:51 +0000

Yes, it took over half a decade to get the road done. How long do you think it will take for us to get street lights on this road? Do we track that expectancy in years or pedestrian fatalities? We should probably ask the folks who live along Cervantes.

Now Pine Forest anyone?

By: Guy that lives here

Guy that lives here — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 03:55:47 +0000

@Jeff Bergosh,

You’re right. The road is done and we don’t have a stupid fly over bridge to appease NF. My point is that these projects should not take so long. That is my complaint, of which I share with many. The state can build a brand new 3 mile bridge in 2 – 3 years and get rid the old one too. It takes 5.3 years to widen a road here.

I like you Jeff, and know what you do to help here. It is not my intent to to make you look bad, but to enhance the point of view of the local man.

By: You're wrong wise years

You're wrong wise years — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:28:18 +0000

9 mile road is a STATE HIGHWAY, it has little to nothing to do with the county commission.

By: William in Beulah

William in Beulah — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:25:43 +0000

If, I remember correctly! The highway was supposed to be four lanes that were supposed to go to Mobile Hwy.
I literally watched roads inc pull the equipment off the highway project to lay down the Publix parking lot at Beulah rd and 9 mile.

By: wise years

wise years — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:33:38 +0000

Look to see which commissioners got large campaign contributions from the road company. They are there and they are the ones you would expect.

By: Jeff Bergosh

Jeff Bergosh — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:27:29 +0000

William covered it in North Escambia when I pushed back against the state’s overdue, overbudget project in 2020 when further delays were announced, along with a plan to start 6-lanes. It was ridiculous, and I said so loudly…….

http://www.northescambia.com/2020/09/fdot-study-widening-nine-mile-to-six-lanes-but-four-lanes-arent-done-escambia-commissioner-questions-why

By: Jeff Bergosh

Jeff Bergosh — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:14:16 +0000

Guy that lives here: This was a state project–county had no play in the letting of the contract or the pushing of the pace. To the extent I could, I did push, especially when they wanted to start talking about “6-lane” planning when they couldn’t even finish the 4 lanes. I pushed back hard on that. And also, I pushed back when some special interests wanted to construct an “overpass skyway” lane over Nature Trail’s subdivision in my district for $74 Million dollars. That got killed. Check the record before you post inaccurate statements, because I live here, too, and I pushed back so hard Broxon went on the news and said I was “wrong” to criticize ?FDOT’s overdue and overbudget project. It’s all a moot point now though, as the road’s finally done. And it is a fantastic road.

By: Guy that lives here

Guy that lives here — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:34:08 +0000

Rad, to your point, 5.3 years to do a road project! 4 of those years they did nothing but put up orange barrels. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Road, Inc did this work. Something that was supposed to take a little over 2 years turned into orange barrel hell, with no work being done at all. They even cut down the project scope, because who knows why. It was supposed to go all the way to Briddlewood. To Olin’s point, now we 4 lane traffic dumping straight into a middle school.

Jeff Bergosh is our rep, and he allowed this BS to happen on his watch. There is no defensible excuse why they could not do that project in the time the tax payers were told it would be. To me it just looks like they got back room approvals to milk the contract as long as they could get away with it.

By: A Alex

A Alex — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:29:01 +0000

Guess in 2023 DOT will atart making it 6 lanes? With all the new strip malls going in,that center lanes will be deadly

By: Correcting missinformation

Correcting missinformation — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:27:20 +0000

@Olin Schultz … This was an FDOT project, not county. Blame the state.