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Early construction activities have started on the U.S. 98 widening project in south Santa Rosa County along a 4.5-mile stretch of highway that is already seeing huge traffic backlogs because of the Pensacola Bay Bridge closure. Local and state officials, however, say that as long as the bridge hits its expected reopening timeline of Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. 98 construction will be off the roads and not impacting the existing detour traffic. The Florida Department of Transportation announced Friday that construction activities had begun from Bayshore Road to Portside Drive in Gulf Breez...

some traffic relief.  No, the Pensacola bridge isn't open yet. But as of Friday morning, an extended right turn lane was added at the intersection of Avalon Boulevard and U.S. 98, which will help alleviate some of the congestion that caused backups all the way to the Garcon Point Bridge due to drivers trying to turn right to go to Gulf Breeze.  “It’s new, it’s about 1,000 feet of new turn lane and it’s going to be a game changer,” said State Sen. Doug Broxson, who requested the project directly from Florida’s secretary of transportation. “What’s happened is, you had the tw...

As the traffic nightmares from the Pensacola Bay Bridge outage continue, south Santa Rosa County drivers say they’re fed up with the increased traffic on U.S. 98 at rush hour times as detour routes on Avalon Boulevard create miles-long backups on the already busy thoroughfare. The traffic, which is the worst in the morning, lunchtime and evening hours, consists of huge backlogs that can run from the left turn late at Avalon and U.S. 98 all the way into Gulf Breeze “proper,” or within the city limits. Since the Garcon Point Bridge is the designated detour route for drivers who would norm...

Walden nominates 8 Deschutes County students to US service academies WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Wednesday that he has nominated 14 Oregon students, eight from Deschutes County, for acceptance to the prestigious United States service academies. Walden’s Service Academy Nomination Board -- retired and active-duty military officers who interview potential candidates for the service academies -- recommended each student based on their academic performance, extracurricular involvement, and character.  "I am honored to nominate these outstanding young Oregonians ...