Planners eye West Florida transportation improvements

The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization will consider amending the fiscal-year 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program. One proposal includes adding a construction phase for lighting retrofits at signalized intersections on State Road 292 (Barrancas Avenue/North Pace Boulevard), from South Second Street to West Herman Street. The cost would be $865,214, according to the TPO’s agenda. [Pixabay.com]

PENSACOLA — The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization will have a public meeting 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 in the Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Resource Center, 913 S. I St., Pensacola.

The Technical Coordinating Committee and Citizens’ Advisory Committee meet Monday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., respectively, at Pensacola City Hall, 222 W. Main St., in Pensacola.

The TPO will consider: 

  • Amending the Florida-Alabama 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan Needs Plan to include West Cervantes Street from Green Street to "A" Street as a two-lane facility instead of a four-lane facility in Pensacola/Escambia County
  • Amending the fiscal-year 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program to add preliminary engineering and construction phases for the Escambia County Ferry Landing at Quietwater Beach Phase II
  • Amending the FY 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program to add the construction phase for lighting retrofits at signalized intersections on State Road 292 (Barrancas Avenue/North Pace Boulevard), from South Second Street to West Herman Street, in the amount of $865,214
  • Determine General Planning Consultant Selection Committee members; appointing a Florida-Alabama TPO member and alternate to serve on the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council for Calendar Year 2018
  • Appointing a Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization member and alternate to attend the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council Institute Workshop for Elected Officials in calendar year 2018 

The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization Freight Advisory Working Group will hold a public meeting 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 18 at West Florida Regional Planning Council, Large Conference Room, 4081 E. Olive Road, Pensacola.

Contact staff at 332-7976 for more information.

Visit www.wfrpc.org for the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization’s full agenda

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This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Planners eye West Florida transportation improvements