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Escambia County staff outline MSBU and grant options for Plantation Road repair
Summary
County engineers told a virtual town hall that Plantation Road is private and not maintained by Escambia County; staff presented two options — county takeover after dedication with full repairs or a private maintenance MSBU — and gave design and construction cost estimates.
Escambia County engineering staff on a virtual town hall described options to address long-standing maintenance problems on Plantation Road, saying the roadway is privately owned and outlining how property owners could form a Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) or have the county accept the road for public maintenance.
County engineer Joy Blackman told attendees the orange segment shown on staff maps has never been dedicated to the county and therefore “this road is not owned by Escambia County currently.” She walked through two options: the county could accept a donation/dedication of right-of-way, perform full right-of-way upgrades to county specifications and then maintain the road in perpetuity; or property owners could keep the road private and pursue a maintenance-only MSBU for less-extensive work expected to extend the pavement condition for roughly 10 years.
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