DEP still has open items on Pensacola Tanyard stormwater project

Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy followed up with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on the violations the agency found at the City’s Government Street Stormwater…

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Original Pensacola Tanyard project budget was $4.58 million

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…

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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…

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Breakdown of Government Street Stormwater Budget

Councilwoman Sherri Myers supplied Inweekly the latest financial report on the Government Street Stormwater Project. Appropriations by Fund Total Appropriation: $3,795,122.70 Cost & Encumbered: $3,434,209.71…

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Pensacola stormwater project dinged by DEP for several deficiencies

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection found a long list of deficiencies at the City of Pensacola Government Street Stormwater Project. Many of them were…

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Buzz: FDEP opens investigation into Pensacola Tanyards project

Last Friday, Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy called Inweekly to say that the Florida Department of Environment Protection has begun to investigate alleged violations at the…

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Pensacola 311 blew Tanyard calls

The triggers for Inweekly and Emerald Coastkeepers’ investigation of the Government Stormwater Project in the Tanyards neighborhood were two phone calls made by resident Dr….

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Escambia County and the Pensacola Government Street Stormwater Project

Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown sat down with Inweekly to explain the county’s role with the Government Street Stormwater Project. “The County’s role was very…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Thursday morning in the Tanyards

Dr. Gloria Horning sent Inweekly those photos of this City of Pensacola project that were taken this morning.

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