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New Palafox Project Begins Monday In Downtown Pensacola
January 4, 2026
Pensacola’s New Palafox project is set to get underway on Monday.
The $10.7 million project will transform the downtown area with sidewalk expansions, brick-paved intersections, new trees and landscaping, safety features for pedestrians, and an upgraded stormwater system.
For more project renderings, click here.
Palafox Street from Garden to Main Streets has an incentivized completion date of May 24, 2026. Romana and Intendencia Streets are to be completed by September 3, 2026, and Government and Zarragossa Streets are to be completed by November 11, 2026. Work will be conducted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
All business storefronts will remain accessible during construction. There will be pedestrian crossings during construction, allowing people to move from one side of Palafox to the other. Nearby parking—including 412 free parking spaces—will also remain accessible.
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12 Responses to “New Palafox Project Begins Monday In Downtown Pensacola”
Another reason to avoid downtown. Find overpriced parking, walk several blocks to an overpriced restaurant serving mediocre food or a bar with insufficient accommodations and overly-loud “music”. Downtown will belong to the lawyers, the twenty-somethings, the drug crowd and the homless.
“Upside of Florida”, indeed!
So, if we are not able to drive on Palafox, how will it be able to still have the MLK day parade in that section between Garden and Main? MLK parade follows same route as Christmas parade. If the roadway is closed for vehicles = no floats. If no floats or vehicles, shouldn’t be allowed to march down the roadway either. Maybe the kids REQUIRED to attend this volunteer parade won’t have to after all.
This project is not for aesthetics only! The main reason it HAS TO BE DONE is to replace antiquated pipes and sewer systems that must be replaced, but we’re all griping about their choice for what the cityscapes will look like afterwards. We sound like backward hicks complaining about money. What? Should they return it to exactly the same state as before, or can we use this opportunity to make it look even nicer?
Palafox should be pedestrian only. It is for strolling through and enjoying food and drinks. You may park nearby and walk there and completely enjoy yourself without worrying about being hit by some angry driver. So, for maybe the first time ever, BigBlock is correct, the goal is to enjoy Palafox without fear of being maimed, and it should be pedestrian only.
Just another step in the “Only pedestrians and bicycles will be allowed downtown”plans that was put in place years ago.
Waste of money now even though it look nice. What’s the loss to the local business’? How easy is parking going to be? Have they received input about this from the local business’? Have they checked how it has affected other towns that have done this?
The van making a clear right turn off a side street? That van?
The homeless will have a nicer place to live.
complete and total waste of money. Not needed at all.
Wasting money at its finest when there are numerous other things that need to be taken care of.
Looks like a maintenance nightmare but should look good when finished.
They tell us those circular things at intersections are NOT Roundabouts so does that mean we can drive straight across them instead of doing this strange thing being done by the van in the photo here?