By Rob Johnson on September 26, 2018
Broadmoor Street, Commissioner Dave Piech, Community access corridor, Community access road, Edgewood Drive, Flintwood Street, florida department of transportation, Holley by the Sea, Holley by the Sea Improvement Association, John Began, Leisure Street, Manatee Street, Mike Warnke, Navarre, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Chamber, Ralph Agnew, Santa Rosa County, Shawn Ward, Tamara Fountain, Tish Began, traffic congestion, U.S.Highway 98, Volkert Inc., Whispering Pines Boulevard
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A proposal to build a “community access road” to ease traffic on Highway 98 is being repackaged in an effort to calm the concerns of some Navarre residents. In fact, the whole idea of using the word “road” to describe the alternate route for local traffic in the Holley by the Sea area is now […]
By Jamie Gentry on June 15, 2018
Dennis Schroeder, Eglin Air Force Base, florida department of transportation, Flyover, Hulburt Field, Hulburt-Navarre Connector, Installation of Intelligent Transportation System, Matrix Design Group, Navarre, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Chamber, overpass, Phil Babiak, Santa Rosa County, State Road 87, Steve Clark, Tamara Fountain, Traffic, traffic congestion, Transportation Synposium, University of West Florida
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When asked to name the greatest obstacle for Navarre’s future, residents have one overwhelming response: Traffic. That was the finding of an analysis of data by Matrix Design Group. A similar study conducted among Hurlburt Field personnel came up with the same concern: Fix traffic congestion. Read the full article in the June 14 issue […]
By Rob Johnson on June 9, 2018
Christa Gunn, City of Gulf Breeze, Community access road, david piech, don gaetz, Edgewood Drive, Eglin Air Force Base, florida department of transportation, gulf breeze city council, Hurlburt Field, Naval Live Oaks Preserve, Navarre, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Chamber, northwest florida, Pensacola Bay Bridge, Phil Babiak, Ralph Agnew, Sen. Doug Broxson, State Rep. Jayer Williamson, Tallahassee, Tamara Fountain, traffic congestion, U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz, Washington D.C., Whispering Pines Boulevard
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The unfolding struggle to alleviate the traffic strangle on Highway 98 through Navarre is shaping up to be a major lobbying effort that may take several years and will likely reach to Tallahassee and even Washington, D.C. A campaign organized by the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is getting underway with invitations being prepared […]
By Jamie Gentry on June 8, 2018
Bedroom community, Bike paths, District 4 Master Plan, Matrix Design Group, Navarre, Navarre High School, Pedestrian paths, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners, traffic congestion
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Citizens of the Navarre area will have a second chance to weigh in on their community’s future June 11 at the second Santa Rosa District 4 Master Plan Public Open House. Matrix Design Group was selected by the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in September 2017 to create a comprehensive guiding document for […]
By Jamie Gentry on November 15, 2017
Commission Chairman, Commissioner Bob Cole, Commissioner Rob Williamson, Commissioner Sam Parker, infrastructure, recreational facilities, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Santa Rosa County Judicial Center, tourist attractions, traffic congestion
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With a shake of the hand, Board of County Commissioners Chairman Rob Williamson of Navarre passed the gavel Nov. 9 to incoming chairman County Commissioner Bob Cole during the board’s annual reorganization meeting. Cole is the representative for District 2 which includes the Milton and East Milton area. He will lead the board for fiscal […]
By Jamie Gentry on October 11, 2017
Burger King, Bypass, CVS, Esplanade Street, Florida, florida department of transportation, Gulf Breeze, Highway 98, Mortgage One, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Beach Causeway, Navarre Chamber, Navarre Park, Okaloosa County, Okaloosa County line, Papa John's, Portside Drive, Raised roadways, Roundabouts, Santa Rosa County, Sherry Alaghemand, State Road 87, Synovus Coastal Bank, T.C.'s Front Porch, Tamara Fountain, traffic congestion, Waffle House
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Roundabouts, raised roadways and removed businesses are a few of the features outlined by renderings of U.S. Highway 98 released by the Florida Department of Transportation in advance of its next public hearing on the widening of the highway. FDOT last year placed the expansion of Highway 98 from four lanes to six on its […]
By Rob Johnson on October 5, 2017
Banyan Investment Group, City of Gulf Breeze, Commerical development, Dairy Queen, Daniel Drive, Downtown Gulf Breeze, Dunkin' Donuts, GB Hotel LLC, Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze Development Review Board, Gulf Breeze Parkway, hotel, Marble Slab Creamery, Medical marijuana dispensaries, Publix Shopping Center, SAG 1 LLC, Sea Shell Collections shopping center, traffic congestion
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The commercial building boomlet underway in the City of Gulf Breeze is speeding up with plans being revealed for a fourth hotel and a third ice cream shop. No biggie by the standards of larger cities maybe, but the two proposed projects represent welcome growth and a tax base boost in this city of 5,800 […]
By Jamie Gentry on December 15, 2016
Chavers Construction, Commissioner Rob Williamson, County Engineer Roger Blaylock, February 2017, Gulf Boulevard, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Beach Boat Ramp, Navarre Beach Causeway, Navarre Beach Marine Park, Navarre Fishing Pier, Panhandle Grading and Paving Inc., right-turn lane, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Signage, Site and Utilities LLC, traffic congestion
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County Commissioners voted to pay $58,416 for construction of a dedicated right turn lane at the intersection of southbound Navarre Beach Causeway and Gulf Boulevard to relieve traffic congestion in the area. The lowest bidder selected by the county was Panhandle Grading and Paving, Inc. They beat out the second place bidder Chavers Construction, Inc. […]
By Rob Johnson on July 7, 2016
Gulf Breeze, medical clinic, Oak Pointe Homeowners Association, Sacred Heart Health System, Santa Rosa County, Stan Shaw, Tiger Point Boulevard, Tiger Point East, traffic congestion, U.S.Highway 98
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Although a member of the Sacred Heart Health System’s development team finally agreed to meet with the leader of several homeowner groups in Tiger Point East, the controversial entrance to a new clinic won’t be relocated. “They listened. They heard our ideas for an alternate access point that we feel would be safer and smooth […]
By Rob Johnson on June 16, 2016
Bill Greenhut, florida department of transportation, Gulf Breeze, Homeowner associations, Katherine Brown, new clinic, Oak Pointe Homeowners Association, Sacred Heart Health System, Sacred Heart Hospital, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Stan Shaw, Susan Davis, Tiger Point, Tiger Point Boulevard, traffic congestion, U.S.Highway 98
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Ten Tiger Point homeowner associations are finding no success in their efforts to meet with Sacred Heart Health System officials over the controversy surrounding construction of a new clinic. A spokesman for the nonprofit company based in Pensacola told the Navarre Press this week that Sacred Heart has no response to an invitation from the […]
