Carpenter Creek Headwater Improvements Project - Construction

Escambia County is seeking qualified contractors for the construction of water quality and park amenities improvements in the Carpenter Creek Headwaters area. The Carpenter Creek Headwater Project is located along Olive Road in Pensacola, Florida and includes managing water quantity, improve water quality, improving wetland habitat and species while allowing public access and creating new recreational opportunities in the Olive Road / Carpenter Creek Headwaters areas. This is a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) funded grant project consisting of 2 different grants sponsored by Escambia County and managed by Escambia County Natural Resources Management Department. FDEP Grant DH006 provides funding for the design and construction of water quality improvements, while FDEP Grant DH012 provides funding for the park amenities. This project consists of constructing a new, approximately 7.15-acre, public park located along the southern side of Olive Road, to the east of Carpenter Creek, in Pensacola, (Escambia County). The proposed development will consist of the construction of a new public park with an associated parking area, walking trail, boardwalk, benches, picnic tables, educational signs, bicycle racks and driveway connections to Olive Road. Also, landscaping and a pollinator garden adds aesthetics to attract residents. This project will provide treatment of stormwater runoff that is currently being directly discharged to Carpenter Creek and invasive species management along the entire project. The stormwater will be captured and conveyed by overland flow over the impervious surfaces before being directed toward a dry detention with filtration (side bank sand filter) pond to be constructed near the southeastern portion of the project area. An additional wet retention pond is sized to alleviate flooding from a historic flood zone near Whitmire Drive and Sabra Drive. The project is bound by Olive Road to the north and county owned property to the east, west and south.