Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization to hold Milton meeting

Milton’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Guy Thompson Community Center will host a food, wine and craft beer festival in the downtown historic district. [File photo]

MILTON — The Florida-Alabama TPO will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m. April 11 in the Guy Thompson Community Center, 5629 Byrom St., Milton. The Technical Coordinating Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. and Citizens’ Advisory Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Mon., April 9, in Pensacola City Hall, located at 222 W. Main Street.

The TPO will consider:

  • Amending the Florida-Alabama 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan for four projects: (1) Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway Bridge from S.R. 180 (Canal Road) to Foley Beach Express; (2) Wolf Bay Bridge and connecting roads from S.R. 180 (Canal Road) to C.R. 20; (3) I-10 from US 29 to Alabama state line; and (4) Nine Mile Road from in the vicinity of Beulah Road to East of I-10. 
  • Amending the FY 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program to add Right-of-Way (ROW) utility relocation and construction phases for the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway Bridge in the amount of $52,483,000. 
  • Amending the FY 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program to add the Wolf Bay Bridge and connecting roads from S.R. 180 (Canal Road) to C.R. 20 as a local project in the amount of $70,050,000. 
  • Amending the FY 2018-2022 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to add the Preliminary Engineering (PE) phase for S.R. 8 (I-10) at C.R. 99 (Beulah Road) as Financial Project Identification (FPID) number 4331131 in FY 2017/2018 in the amount of $2,750,000. 
  • Adopting the 2019 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Set Aside ranked projects.
  • Adopting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 – FY 2020 Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). 
  • Adopting the Detroit Boulevard/Johnson Avenue Corridor Management Plan (CMP) from U.S. 29 to Cody Lane and endorsing implementation of transportation strategies and projects identified in the plan. 
  • Requesting the TPO Chairman to sign a letter supporting a Theo Baars Bridge Safety Analysis 
  • Reviewing the Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) Membership.
  • Appointing a Nominating Committee for the election of Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) and advisory committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 – FY 2019.
  • Supporting the Transit Performance Management Targets as Approved by the Alabama Department of Transportation.

For more information, contact staff at 850-332-7976, ext. 217. For the full agenda, visit www.wfrpc.org.

This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization to hold Milton meeting