$3 Billion Will Be Spent on Escambia Roadways In The Next Five Years

WUWF | By Bob Barrett

Published December 6, 2013 at 5:41 PM CST

The Florida Department of Transportation outlined its 5 year plan for the future this week. The outline from the FDOT include millions of dollars in future road improvements in the panhandle. Ian Satter, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Transportation says the plans include a major road widening project.

9 Mile Road will be expanded from from two to four lanes from I-10 to Pine Forest Road. There will be some large scale resurfacing of roads in Escambia County including Creighton Road from Davis Highway to US-90.

Satter also said the DOT is looking at work on I-10 in Santa Rosa County. The decisions on which roads need work are made in collaboration with a number of agencies...as well as local residents, businesses and governments.

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Bob Barrett has been a radio broadcaster since the mid 1970s and has worked at stations from northern New York to south Florida and, oddly, has been able to make a living that way. He began work in public radio in 2001. Over the years he has produced nationally syndicated programs such as The Environment Show and The Health Show for Northeast Public Radio's National Productions.

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