Mayor Grover Robinson this morning held his second press conference. Here some of the topics discussed: Monthly meetings with Escambia County Commission chair Lumon May. First topic: homelessness and panhandling Exploring using…
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Mayor kicks Burgess Road sidewalks to 2020
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers learned yesterday from Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson that the sidewalks budgeted for Burgess Road have been delayed until 2020. For years, Myers has fought for sidewalks…
Myers praised for Burgess Road effort
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers last week received praise from the citizens and her fellow council members for her efforts to fund sidewalk and drainage improvements on Burgess Road. Rev. John Phillips, organizing…
Burgess Road sidewalks survive second public hearing and final budget vote
Last night, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved a $226.6-million budget for FY 2018. The budget included $1.6 million for sidewalks and street drainage on Burgess Road. The meeting lasted one hour…
The battle over Burgress Road heats up
On “Pensacola Speaks,†Councilwoman Sherri Myers gave more background on last week’s council budget amendment that would allocate $1.6 million for sidewalks and drainage on Burgess Road if it can survive the…
Sidewalks for Burgess Road garner support from school district
Councilwoman Sherri Myers wants the City of Pensacola to build sidewalks on Burgess Road to create a safe path for children to walk to the three public schools in the area. Mayor…
Myers challenges the ‘needs’ Hayward has in his budget
For years, Councilwoman Sherri Myers had tried to get Mayor Ashton Hayward to put sidewalks on Burgess Road. Her pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Unfortunately, the mayor rewards his friends and…
Burgess Road: dangerous passage for school children ignored by city hall
Burgess Road is a narrow street, majority of which is inside the Pensacola city limits, that has become a “cut-through†traffic for those avoiding the traffic lights on Davis Highway and seeking…