STATE ROAD 285 FROM MOSSYHEAD TO NICEVILLE TO GET FACELIFT

Another infrastructure project to help in the growth of the area with the thousands of new military personnel being assigned to our area and their supporting casts. With recents improvements in Mossyhead (i.e. New Golf Course Community, New School, New Parks, New Dollar General Store), this road will surely see alot of traffic in the very near future.


SR285 facelift to begin
By ANGEL McCURDY
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4432 amccurdy@nwfdailynews.com  

NICEVILLE — A resurfacing project for State Road 285 will be giving the roadway a facelift starting June 7. The effort, however, will take about seven months to complete. The 9-mile project will resurface the roadway from north of College Boulevard to the Walton County line, according to a Florida Department of Transportation press release. Crews from Anderson Columbia will be working on the $2.9 million project. “We’re just going to resurface the existing roadway with new asphalt,” said Tommie Speights, public information officer for the DOT. “Basically, we’re preserving existing roadway.” The construction is part of a five-year program with the DOT to work on milling damaged roadways. The week of June 7, crews will focus on clearing the right of way, drainage work and preparing the site for resurfacing, the release states. Along with resurfacing, the roadway will have guardrails replaced, drainage upgrades, minor safety improvements and placement of new signs and pavement markings within the project limits. Motorists can expect lane restrictions during construction. However, there will be no lane closures weekdays between 6 and 8 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m. Speights said the construction will have a flagger on site for the one-lane closures. He said the DOT does not foresee extensive traffic backup based on the times crews will be working. “ This road badly needed repairs to preserve the existing roadway, so that’s what we’ll be getting started on shortly,” Speights said.