When the Pensacola City Council approved the contract for Government Street Stormwater Project in December 2015, they were told the budget was $4,584,605. The project would be funded with: NFWF Grant $2,106,500…
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Florida House not to consider using BP money for incentives
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Don’t expect settlement money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster to be used directly to attract tourists or new businesses, House lawmakers said, as…
Hayward administration scrambles on Tanyards project
The City of Pensacola is placing hangars on doors in the neighborhood around the Government Street Stormwater Project. Dr. Gloria Horning told Inweekly, “The city is in our neighborhood passing out flyers…
Sen. Broxson and other senators file Triumph Gulf Coast bill
State Sen. Doug Broxson, along with Senators Bill Montford and George Gainer, have a filed a bill that would appropriate $300 million in BP oil spill settlement funds directly to Triumph Gulf…
City of Pensacola not using local recycling facility
Pensacola residents are not allowed to recycle glass if they use the City’s Sanitation Service, and it doesn’t look like they will in the near future. Under its contract with Tarpon Paper,…
Escambia County explains Mosquito Control cleanup
Escambia County Update on Former Mosquito Control Site As the city of Pensacola continues its efforts to construct the stormwater project at Corinne Jones Park, Escambia County would like to provide updated…
Orange fencing goes up in Pensacola Tanyards
Good news. The orange construction fencing has been put up around Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater site. The fencing was installed a month after Inweekly first reported the conditions in the…
Pensacola mayor discusses Tanyards project
On NewsTalk 1620 this morning, host Andrew McKay asked Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward about Government Street Stormwater Project. Specifically, McKay brought up the site’s appearance, public safety and the lack of fencing,…
Pensacola Tanyards after the storm
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy visited the Pensacola Tanyards and Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project yesterday. The streets had been swept, but the mud and foul water remained. Murphy had already…
City of Pensacola has different rules for Tanyards
Inweekly has asked other contractors about how they handle erosion, dust and water run-off from their projects. Contractors are required to submit a Stormwater Pollution and Prevention Plan (also known as erosion…
Thursday morning in the Tanyards
Dr. Gloria Horning sent Inweekly those photos of this City of Pensacola project that were taken this morning.
And then the Pensacola Tanyards project got weird
Yesterday, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson spoke with Councilwoman Sherri Myers and Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy about the conditions in the Tanyard neighborhood and possible federal, state and city code violations at…