September 21, 2007

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony set for Capital Circle Northwest (State Road 263) Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Chipley - The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in conjunction with The City of Tallahassee – Leon County Blueprint 2000 Intergovernmental Agency, Northwest Florida Water Management District, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Congressional Delegates will gather for a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate the completion of Capital Circle Northwest (State Road 263) from US 90 / West Tennessee Street to Interstate 10 on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Regional Pond 1 facility, located at 5317 West Tennessee Street (just west of Capital Circle on the south side of west Tennessee Street /US 90).

Scheduled speakers will include Jim Davis Executive Director for Blueprint 2000; FDOT District Three Secretary Larry Kelley; Chairman of the Intergovernmental Agency and Leon County Commissioner Ed DePuy; City of Tallahassee Mayor John Marks; Lynn Bannister, Director of Outreach for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, and Doug Barr, Executive Director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District.

The 1.9-mile project extends from US 90 / West Tennessee Street to Interstate10 and includes the widening of the existing three-lane undivided rural road to a six-lane divided urban roadway. Additional improvements include new sidewalks and bicycle lanes, the installation of drainage and water quality improvement structures, traffic signal upgrades and landscaping along the corridor. M of Tallahassee, Inc. was the contractor that performed the work. Construction began in mid 2005 and cost $25.5 million to construct.