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 Project in the Tanyard neighborhood two blocks…
Tag: Government Street Stormwater Project
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 would be funded with: NFWF Grant $2,106,500…
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…
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 Remaining Budget: $360,912.99 The Remaining Budget is…
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 ones the City of Pensacola has known…
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 City of Pensacola’s Government Street Stormwater Project….
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. Gloria Horning to the City of Pensacola’s…
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 similar to that of a subcontractor,” said…
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…
Thursday morning in the Tanyards
Dr. Gloria Horning sent Inweekly those photos of this City of Pensacola project that were taken this morning.