West Roberts Road Lane Closures Will Extended Beyond Friday Target Date

July 23, 2026

A $4.6 million West Roberts Road widening and drainage improvement project is continuing.

Work was expected to be complete by this Friday, July 24, on the most recent phase of the project that began June 2 with lane closures between Stallion Road and State Road.

Wednesday afternoon, Escambia County confirmed that the work will be extended past Friday, and the county is waiting on an updated timeline from the contractor.

The widening and drainage improvements are along a 1.75-mile stretch of West Roberts from the Highway 29 intersection west to the southern turn to Sutton Place. The project will widen the roadway to two 12-foot-wide travel lanes with 5-foot-wide shoulders from Pine Forest Road to Highway 29. The roadway from the southern turn to Pine Forest will be resurfaced and striped.

The $4,635,298.30 project being funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was awarded to contractor C.W. Roberts, Inc.

Pictured: Lane closures on West Roberts Road at Stallion Road as seen Tuesday evening, July 21. NorthEscambia.com photo.

Comments

4 Responses to “West Roberts Road Lane Closures Will Extended Beyond Friday Target Date”

  1. Susie on July 24th, 2026 9:39 am

    Be sure you Contractors keep that retention pond storm water out of the SPRING FED watershed running through Stefani Rd. That’s an ENVIRONMENTAL NO NO. But, we’ll see.

  2. Westerly Robert on July 23rd, 2026 3:23 pm

    Could contractor C.W Roberts Inc kindly remove the unsightly concrete pipe that was placed on the grass right of way on the entrance to the Forest Creek Subdivision? There’s also a reel of range flexible pipe on a trailer that has been parked there since about the time this project began.

  3. Forever project on July 23rd, 2026 1:01 pm

    Is there an actual completion date? This seems to be taking so long. I know they had to put new bigger culverts under the road at the creeks so they could widen the road. It just seems like that shouldn’t take months for each one. The first creek they took what seemed like 4 months to get both lanes back open. Now this next creek crossing. Then they are still not finished with the final paving, ditches, striping … Are they trying to make the interstate crews look good!

  4. Called it on July 23rd, 2026 8:34 am

    Called it! Escambia county never fails to fail





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