Project Progress
A long corridor. A disciplined process.
The Bluffline is a 20-mile regional transportation program that will be delivered in phases through coordinated planning, sustained partnerships, and sequential public investment. Here's where we stand.
The Process
How the Bluffline advances
The Bluffline will be built through a structured, stage-gated process. Each phase produces specific deliverables and a clear decision point before the next begins — ensuring that every dollar is spent on the right work at the right time, and that communities shape decisions before engineering locks them in.
Community before concrete
There is no predetermined alignment for the Bluffline. The corridor shown on the map is a planning area — the geography being studied. Where the trail actually goes will be the product of sustained community engagement, feasibility analysis, and design work at each section. That's the whole point of stages 1 through 3: communities define the vision before engineers draw the lines.
Funded in phases, not all at once
Different parts of the corridor will move through these stages at different paces, depending on funding. We are actively pursuing federal, state, and local funding to advance the next phases — and we will move where funding allows. What won't change is the process: every segment goes through the same rigorous planning before a shovel goes in the ground.
The Foundation
Grounded in adopted plans
Every segment of the Bluffline corridor appears in at least one adopted plan from a local, regional, or state agency. This isn't coincidence — it reflects a consistent regional vision that has emerged through multiple public planning processes over the past two decades, backed by the City of Pensacola, Escambia County, the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization, and the State of Florida.
See the plans →Current Funding
Active Projects
Each funded project advances a section of the planning corridor shown at left. The specific alignment will be determined through the master planning process. Hover a project to see its geography.
Chimney Park
NextEra Energy Foundation · Community Revitalization
With City of Pensacola, HALFF Associates
In partnership with the City of Pensacola and HALFF Associates, Bluffline is revitalizing Chimney Park — improving landscaping, access, and public amenities to create a welcoming greenspace along the corridor for Pensacola residents.
Escambia Bay Waterfront Access Study
U.S. Department of Transportation · Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program
With Escambia County
Federal planning grant funding master planning, feasibility studies, and preliminary design for the two Bluffline priority nodes — Jackson Lakes/West Pensacola and Ferry Pass/UWF. This work will produce the foundational plans needed to advance these nodes toward construction funding.
From the Field
Latest Updates
February 1, 2025
Greenville's Mayor Knox White to Speak in Pensacola on Parks, Greenways, and Economic Growth
Bluffline, Inc. hosts a salon-style evening event featuring the visionary behind Greenville's urban transformation
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January 15, 2025
Bluffline Secures $1.2 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Transportation
Escambia Bay Waterfront Access Study will fund master planning, feasibility studies, and preliminary designs
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July 22, 2024
Greenway Project Seeks Input on Future of Jackson Lakes
Join us July 30 at the Lexington Terrace Community Center to help shape the first phase of the Bluffline
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