June 3, 2021
The Bluffs project in Cantonment will receive $2.5 million from Florida’s $101.5 billion 2021-2022 budget signed Wednesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Announced in late 2015, The Bluffs was envisioned as the home of up to 60 new industrial and manufacturing companies. The 6,000 acre master-planned development area includes about 1,700 acres of land that can be developed in an area east of Highway 29 bordered by the Escambia River to the east, Becks Lake Road near International Paper to the north, and the University of West Florida to the south.
The $2.5 million in new funding for the state will pay for an entrance drive and upgrades at the multi-leg intersection of Chemstrand Road, Old Chemstrand Road, Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s entrance drive, and Ascend Performance Materials entrance drives to the plant, and to the land adjacent to the properties. The funds will be used for planning, engineering, design and construction.
Pensacola News Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK
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A 35-year-old Milton man is in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck while walking on Chemstrand Road in Escambia County early Friday morning.
The pedestrian was walking north on Chemstrand Road near Teleran Street on the fog line on the right side of the roadway at 5:27 a.m., according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. A pickup truck driven by a 51-year-old Pensacola man was traveling north on Chemstrand approaching the pedestrian from the rear.
May 7, 2021
A man is in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck on Chemstrand Road Friday morning.
Just before 5:30 a.m., a 35-year old Milton man was walking north on the white line of Chemstrand Road near Teleran Street as the pickup trick was also northbound from behind the pedestrian.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the pedestrian stepped out into the travel lane and into the path of the pickup.
“The driver of the pickup attempted to swerve to avoid the pedestrian but was unable to. The pickup collided with the pedestrian, throwing him onto the grass shoulder,” the FHP report stated.