As the traffic nightmares from the Pensacola Bay Bridge outage continue, south Santa Rosa County drivers say they’re fed up with the increased traffic on U.S. 98 at rush hour times as detour routes on Avalon Boulevard create miles-long backups on the already busy thoroughfare.
The traffic, which is the worst in the morning, lunchtime and evening hours, consists of huge backlogs that can run from the left turn late at Avalon and U.S. 98 all the way into Gulf Breeze “proper,” or within the city limits. Since the Garcon Point Bridge is the designated detour route for drivers who would normally use the Pensacola Bay Bridge, drivers have no choice but to use Avalon or drive up further and use State Road 87.
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Schools will be closed Tuesday in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as emergency management officials on Monday afternoon were preparing for freezing cold temperatures overnight that could leave roadways and bridges covered in dangerous black ice. We expect temperatures to drop significantly tonight, potentially into the low to mid 20s, even along the coast, said Brandon Black, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday afternoon. So with temperatures like that, any spots with standing water will likely freeze. And that s how we get black ice.
Winds are forecast to sweep through the area Monday evening ahead of the cold front, and if they are strong enough, they could evaporate standing water from Monday morning s thunderstorms and prevent ice from forming, Black said. But in the event that standing water does freeze, officials in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are proceeding with an abundance of caution.
Local health departments have reported being overwhelmed by calls and inquiries, vaccine slots fill up within seconds of being posted and many confused and angry seniors are at a loss over how to navigate the complicated vaccine system.
While the state ShareCare line was originally billed as a catch-all system for all vaccine providers throughout the state, local officials now say the line can be used only to make appointments through county-run facilities, including the local health departments and local county-run vaccine clinics. (ShareCare) is really for anything run through the county or the health department, which will be the majority of the vaccines, said Santa Rosa County s emergency management director, Brad Baker, adding that the county is administering about 1,500 shots per week.