The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-01
ROAD REPORT
IS ADOPTED
JOINT COMMISSION RECOMMENDS
SYSTEM OF PERMANENT SUR
FACED ROADS OVER COUNTY.

Favoring the completion OF a perma-
.nent road system for Escambia county
the joint commission, from the cham
Der Of commerce, the Rotary and XII
wants clubs, has made recommended
tions and filed a report of their find
3ings with the clubs which they repre-
sent. The report was adopted by the
Rotary club Tuesday afternoon and by
the chamber of commerce yesterday
afternoon. Tt will be taken up in the
Kiwanis club today.
The report embraces six separate pro-
jects in the good roads campaign for
this county mad this report includes
the roads to Ferry Pass bridge, Nunez
Ferry, Lillian bridge, Flomaton and
the completion of the Gulf Beach high
way. The report in full follows:
In reporting the progress of the, joint
commission on road improvement of
Escambia county, formed as a result of
the joint meeting of the chamber of
commerce, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs,
we wish to emphasize the complete
harmony and good feeling existing be-
tween it's constituent members, and the
enthusiasm evinced by the several
members of the board of county COM
missioners of Escambia county in at
tending meetings and working with us
and in asking US to consider and ad-
wise with respect to the larger road
problems which they alone must ul-
timately determine.
we have been very fortunate in
adopting the present plan of a, joint
commission, as we find that results
can come quickly and efficiently and
by direct action rather than by con-
tinued conference between separat
bodies.
The commission has adopted a road
program including the following pro-
jects.
i. Ferry Pass bridge connected with
permanent surfaced road to Pensa-
cola. E
2. Nunez Ferry road improvements
including concrete bridge over Bayou
Marcus and to shorten and improve
the last four miles from the Muscogee
turnout to the end of the Perdido River
bridge.
8. Construction of a road to Lillian
bridge, via Half Way House and Gulf
Beach highway to the head of Bayou |
Grand and thence westly to bridge end. |
4. Improvement on Flomaton road
including concrete bridge and section
Of road at Pine Barren. .--..- !
S. Activities in support of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment of
the state of Florida authorizing the
issuance of state bonds for highway |
including the road from
Ferry Pass to Pensacola, from Pensa-
cola to Perdido river or bay and from
Pensacola to FIomaton, and county
bond issue of a million and half in
support of the same road project, and
Tor the building of permanent surfaced
roads as above outlined. Nv.
s. The completion of the Gulf Beach
highway.
AS to project No. 1. We have OBJ
.ained the final decision of the state
road department to build the Ferry
Pass bridge, and their engineers are
now working on the survey and plans.
rhe road to connect this bridge will
be ready for use when the bridge is
completed. This whole project, how
ever, is tied up and dependant upon
he state bond issue Ito be authorized |,
oy the proposed constitutional amend |,
nent), and we are assured by the state
road department that if the people
adopt the amendment in the November
election the department will complete
LII preliminary work and probably be- !.
gin actual construction of the bridge ,
without waiting for the meeting of the Il
legislature of 1921.
AS ITO project No. 2. The Bayou
Marco bridge contract has been let Il
and this bridge will soon be under Is