Public meetings set for long-term transportation needs


  • August 17, 2015
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   community-dashboard

Beginning April 28, work will begin to replace the bridge over Brushy Creek on Pineville Road. The project should wrap up this fall.

The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization is entering the cost feasible phase its 2040 long range transportation plan and it needs public input to help set priorities.

Three public meetings are set to hear your ideas for transportation needs in the next 25 years.

— Monday, August 24, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Perdido Key Community Center, 15500 Perdido Key Drive, Perdido Key.

— Tuesday, August 25 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Gulf Breeze Community Center Room #209, 800 Shoreline Drive, Gulf Breeze.

— Thursday August 27, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the UWF Commons, Room #265, Pensacola

The long range plan identifies projects that support roadway capacity, freight, public transit, and bicycle-pedestrian infrastructure needed in the urbanized areas of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida and parts of Baldwin County., Ala.

The TPO is staffed by the West Florida Regional Planning Council, a not-for-profit agency providing professional planning, coordinating and advisory services to local governments, state and federal agencies and the public to preserve and enhance quality of life in northwest Florida.

For more information, visit www.wfrpc.org.

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