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County Approves New 265-Lot Subdivision By Road Prison In Cantonment
May 15, 2026
This week, the Escambia County Development Review Committee gave final approval to a 265-lot Thomas Home subdivision on Highway 297A in Cantonment.
The 38.48-acre LaVelle Terrace Subdivision will be located on property owned by Thomas Home Corporation at 855 Highway 297A and will include paved public streets, public stormwater ponds and conveyance systems including operation and maintenance, and potable water and sanitary sewer facilities.
The subdivision will be sandwiched between the Escambia County Road Prison to the north and the existing Jackson Estates subdivision and Heaton Road to the south.
Escambia County intends to take over the long-term responsibility for the subdivision’s stormwater drainage system once construction is finished and specific requirements are met and it passes inspection and certification processes.
NorthEscambai.com graphic.
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18 Responses to “County Approves New 265-Lot Subdivision By Road Prison In Cantonment”
It’s going to stink for most of the year ..with the papermill …Just more overpriced houses to add to the already overrun schools.
So, the concensus is there are no jobs here. Then when jobs show up, there’s no housing. When houses are planned, don’t build near me. Let’s move the Road Prison,but not near me. How about pack up and move . Maybe the developers can buy your property and build more houses. The math is simple. More taxes paid by 10 new homes than one old mobile home. Are we tired of winning yet?
When election time comes around, we need to vote in some new commissioners. Some that realized just because someone puts in for a subdivision to be built, doesn’t mean it has to be approved…. Our infant structure isn’t ready for all these houses… But our county commissioners obviously aren’t listening to us.Are worried about it.
Had anyone thought about the tiny utility company FarmHill that we all get out water from?
You think the water pressure is a dribble now, wait till they add 265 more homes! I’m not as concerned with the traffic, but water supply to these new houses and all the existing ones is going to be dismal.
I agree with everyone’s comments and frustration; and I’m sad for everyone and north Escambia. So do we continue to elect the commissioners who say they listen to our concerns but possibly continue to make sideline money and the heck with the feel improvements needed in our are…north Escambia
So SAD
Yeah, looks like a nice RV park.
Can we just say FLORIDA is closed? More cars that cannot drive on the already packed and crappy roads!
Just read this morning that 42, 000 home foreclosures in U.S. last month alone. With the price of gas, food,utilities, health,home and medical insurances,coupled with the price of new home construction, INFLATION is upon us and RECESSION is down the road
GROWTH IS INEVITABLE..ALL WE ( CURRENT RESIDENTS) ASK FOR IS INFRASTRUCTURE INPLACE TO DEAL WITH THAT GROWTH.
Oh Yay another development……not! Hwy 297A is busy enough, can Ransom & Kingsfield Elem going to be able to additional students. Bet the Development Review Committee approved this faster than Costco. Of course they did as I believe developers are in review committees pockets. .John you’re right on!!!
The grid street system resembles older subdivisions in this area.
Buts what is different today, and disturbing, is that a buyer cannot simply purchase a lot or several lots and build their own unique home. All the houses constructed by developers essentially look the same, and all lot sizes are the same for each house.
We are building boredom.
JUST what we need!!! 400-500+ more cars on 297-A daily! There is already a massive back up mornings and evenings because of the flashing light at the intersection of 97-A and 297-A. I lived in this area most of my life and remember when 297-A saw a a hundred or so cars daily. I understand progress and development but this many more vehicles on an already overloaded two lane road is RIDICULOUS!!! Maybe the wife is right and we need to move further out…..
Tell us more about the impact fees how concurrency is going to benefit us. Oh, wait – our commissioners would rather get paid by the developers, and raise our taxes. But yeah, you guys just keep voting for the same idiots time and again….
rd has the right idea. New residents in these homes will be calling for the removal of the Road Prison in 3…2…1…
Guess we need lights and turning lanes.
265 Poluting septic tanks?
Didnt prison have escapees not too long ago that ran thru those woods into
jackson estates
Go up 29 and 95A and check out all te new subdivision without proper utilities
@ RD on May15.
Why not convert part of old Baptist hospital to a road prison and drug hehab. Could allow homeless use it to.
I have no idea why anyone would want to move to the panhandle. I guess it’s a big upgrade compared to where they’re moving from. Hopefully they left the mindset behind that destroyed the state they’re fleeing. I for one want to thank all of our great county commissioners as well as zoning and planning for doing such a great job preparing infrastructure in advance of this population explosion. Sad thing is voters keep voting them in even after they do a horrible job. Reap what you sow!
Reminds me of the Pensacola Airport. Once out in the middle of nowhere, now in the middle of everything. The road prison seems like it has been there forever. Perhaps it is time the county considered auctioning it off and using the proceeds to build a new, updated Road Prison in the middle of nowhere once again.
At least they’re not cutting down forests. That land already looks pretty rough.
So exciting. Really looking forward to 500+ additional commuters on 297A(the barely “two lane highway”. Oh, can’t forget the wildlife relocating. Or the minor issues like Kingsfield Elementary being overcrowded in the first few years.. All in all im just glad to see we’re getting Exactly what “We” voted for. You know, the rural development with no advances of the infrastructure.