I know it took a long time but Wakulla/Arran is finally being paved. This is the culmination of years of effort to obtain right-of-way, preparing the road base, and getting pavement laid. If you travel this road, expect delays for the next day or so.
I want to thank our Public Works Department, especially Mr. Cleve Fleming and his road department, for all their work. When I was elected I promised to work to get three roads paved—one out of three isn’t bad? I can’t begin to guess how many times I’ve called Cleve and talked about this road. I have no idea how many times I’ve met with road department staff to discuss how we could get this done quicker. I do know Cleve and ESG is happy to have this road paving underway—they will no longer have to discuss this with me. I also apologize to the citizens living on this road who I told start dates for this job that continued to be delayed. Thank you for hanging in there!
This road is one of the roads this county can pave that will directly improve the lives of everyone who travels Crawfordville Highway. The only way Wakulla County can afford to dramatically improve our transportation system is to build county roads that interconnect with each other and roads that lead to Tallahassee. There is now an alternate paved route to Tallahassee from the center of Wakulla County our citizens can use. There are more improvements that need to be made. Specifically, Old Shell Point needs to be paved and upgraded from the end of Spring Creek Highway to where it joins Wakulla Springs Road. The other road we need to engineer and pave is Old Bethel. This road would provide an alternate route to Tallahassee that does not take traffic in front of two Wakulla County Schools. I assure you, our public works department is working on acquiring required right-of-way for these roads. These improvements alone will reduce traffic on Crawfordville Highway by up to 20 percent according to a traffic study Wakulla County had done in 2006. I expect to have these roads that will benefit practically every citizen in Wakulla County paved in the next couple of years. I know I’ve been working on these for the past three years and am still working to get arterial roads in Wakulla County paved.
I understand the next road to be paved will be Lawhon Mill—another arterial road approved to be paved many years ago. This road will also take traffic off of the busiest road in Wakulla County. We have heavy equipment on this road at this time preparing the base for paving. If you drive Lawhon Mill, please slow down and be safe. Progress is sometime inconvenient; but necessary.
Y’all be careful out there!
Ed Brimner
Chairman, Wakulla County Commission (District III)
Short sighted written by greg mitchell , June 22, 2008
Ed, Don't hurt yourself as you pat yourself on the back. I fail to understand how in 2008, we are paving and repaving roads, and still not adding bike lanes. And yes, I pay taxes too! Today I see more and more people that are pedaling to work, to shop, and yes many of us pedal for the healh benefits. You've not done anything to address how we keep the people that ride bikes on our roads safe. Would you please explain to me your logic by not adding bike lanes to these paving projects? Thank you. Greg Mitchell
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This road is one of the roads this county can pave that will directly improve the lives of everyone who travels Crawfordville Highway. The only way Wakulla County can afford to dramatically improve our transportation system is to build county roads that interconnect with each other and roads that lead to Tallahassee. There is now an alternate paved route to Tallahassee from the center of Wakulla County our citizens can use. There are more improvements that need to be made. Specifically, Old Shell Point needs to be paved and upgraded from the end of Spring Creek Highway to where it joins Wakulla Springs Road. The other road we need to engineer and pave is Old Bethel. This road would provide an alternate route to Tallahassee that does not take traffic in front of two Wakulla County Schools. I assure you, our public works department is working on acquiring required right-of-way for these roads. These improvements alone will reduce traffic on Crawfordville Highway by up to 20 percent according to a traffic study Wakulla County had done in 2006. I expect to have these roads that will benefit practically every citizen in Wakulla County paved in the next couple of years. I know I’ve been working on these for the past three years and am still working to get arterial roads in Wakulla County paved.
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Don't hurt yourself as you pat yourself on the back. I fail to understand how in 2008, we are paving and repaving roads, and still not adding bike lanes.
And yes, I pay taxes too!
Today I see more and more people that are pedaling to work, to shop, and yes many of us pedal for the healh benefits.
You've not done anything to address how we keep the people that ride bikes on our roads safe.
Would you please explain to me your logic by not adding bike lanes to these paving projects?
Thank you.
Greg Mitchell