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In the meantime, drivers trying to skirt the congestion on U.S. 98 have been driving through the Tiger Point area, often "at a high rate of speed and driving aggressively in the residential neighborhoods," according to Wright. The measure approved at Tuesday's County Commission meeting allots $10,500 to hire off-duty Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputies to patrol Tiger Point at peak traffic times. The deputies will conduct traffic patrols on weekday mornings between 6 and 10 a.m., weekday afternoons between 2 and 7 p.m. and Saturdays between noon and 8 p.m. from now until May 31. "Th...

The operator of the Pensacola to Pensacola Beach ferry service says despite delay after delay in fixing the boats post-Hurricane Sally, the service could return as soon as next week to help alleviate traffic congestion on the Garcon Point Bridge. The ferry service, which in previous years has been largely used by tourists to venture between downtown and the beach, is touted as a possible stopgap option for frustrated commuters whose daily drive has increased sometimes to hours long with the ongoing closure of the Pensacola Bay Bridge. But, the ferries have had their own problems with hurrica...

April 9, 2021 The toll suspension on the Garcon Point bridge has been extended through May9, 2021, the Florida Department of Transportation announced Friday morning. “The extension allows the Garcon Point Bridge to continue serving as a temporary detour route while the Pensacola Bay Bridge is being repaired from damage sustained during Hurricane Sally,” FDOT said in a news release. The toll suspension was previously set to expire Friday, April 9. The Pensacola Bay Bridge is expected to open the week of May 31.

A third deputy will constantly patrol the area south of the bridge, between the Garcon Point Bridge and nearby Interstate 10. "We are targeting people passing on the bridge," Johnson said. "That is basically what we are going to start doing." The SRSO's new bridge-traffic detail will be funded with the "full support" of the Florida Department of Transportation and FDOT District Three Secretary Phillip Gainer, according to the sheriff. Traffic on Garcon Point has skyrocketed due to Pensacola Bay Bridge closure Traffic on the Garcon Point Bridge has increased five-fold since the closure of th...

March 11, 2021 The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office will start arresting drivers for passing vehicles on the Garcon Point Bridge. Sheriff Bob Johnson made the announcement Thursday morning in the wake of two fatalities and many more crashes on the bridge. He said two deputies will patrol the bridge and a third deputy will patrol the area south of the bridge 24 hours a day in an effort funded by the Florida Department of Transportation. “One of those almost killed one of my deputies,” Johnson said. “That was one of the fatal crashes where the guy was passing in a no passing zone — ...