I-95 Overland Bridge Project Expands

Started by Metro Jacksonville, November 02, 2010, 03:40:43 AM

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cline

#45
March 09, 2012, 09:58:03 AM
Construction to begin this year.

acme54321

#46
March 09, 2012, 10:04:43 AM
Many of the properties that will be impacted are already vacant.  So they are making moves.

JeffreyS

#47
March 09, 2012, 10:07:54 AM
Are we missing a big opportunity to have the state pay for commuter rail to mitigate traffic problems caused by this project? Any chance we can get movement on that idea?
Lenny Smash

mtraininjax

#48
March 09, 2012, 10:15:29 AM
Some of the residents are still fighting with the State over the allowed amounts. Here's one for you, renters of properties are being paid $30,000 for their hardship of having to move. Think about that one!
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

acme54321

#49
March 09, 2012, 10:17:13 AM
Quote from: mtraininjax on March 09, 2012, 10:15:29 AM
Some of the residents are still fighting with the State over the allowed amounts. Here's one for you, renters of properties are being paid $30,000 for their hardship of having to move. Think about that one!

I heard the same thing.  They are getting 3 years of rent for their "trouble."  I live 100yard from the damn thing.  They need to give me $30k for the trouble I am about to endure for 3 years!!!

cline

#50
March 09, 2012, 10:26:12 AM
Yes, they are still in the process of acquiring ROW (they're spending like 57MM on ROW alone).

Quote from: JeffreyS on March 09, 2012, 10:07:54 AM
Are we missing a big opportunity to have the state pay for commuter rail to mitigate traffic problems caused by this project? Any chance we can get movement on that idea?

That won't happen.  This is merely a bridge replacement project (at least in the eyes of FDOT, although it will add some capacity).

coredumped

#51
April 30, 2012, 11:11:32 PM
Jags season ticket holder.

Anti redneck

#52
April 30, 2012, 11:50:43 PM
So what's the purpose of this? What is it supposed to do? Looks like to me it will just dump traffic off somewhere.

acme54321

#53
May 01, 2012, 06:46:32 AM
They have already started demolition along Southampton.

Bativac

#54
May 01, 2012, 07:53:12 AM
I know this project needs to happen, but I grew up on Chatford Road, and it makes me sad that the neighborhood is going to change irrevocably for the worse.

Overstreet

#55
May 01, 2012, 08:00:55 AM
We have been told it actually starts December 31st.  Our trailer sits on the site of one of the new bridge piers.

It is interesting how the discussion seems to flow away from the original objective of the project. They needed to replace sections of the north bound I-95 over land bridge because it was costing more to maintain it than replace it with soil supported elevated highway............over long term I suppose. 

All the extra lanes, off ramps and on ramps, settlement ponds etc were originally added just to support the replacement of those lanes. Now they become the sole topic. From secondary to primary.

Ocklawaha

#56
May 01, 2012, 08:33:36 AM
The full interchange at Atlantic needed to happen about 50 years ago. I'm not a big fan of roads, but by allowing people to exit without having to get off at San Marco Bl, and picking your way around, this should become something of an economic driver in that area. The interchange bodes well for the retail districts at San Marco and St. Nicholas.

As for adding lanes, again, not a fan, but in the core where traffic primarily squeezes into a single road, they should have seen this coming 50 years ago... I think FDOT finally figured this out. The South Jacksonville merchants should be thrilled.

Good point about commuter rail. If JTA wasn't so determined to 'prove' to us that BRT is the way to go, we could have already had commuter rail to the Avenues or beyond. With the grants for BRT on Philip's I'm afraid we are screwed again by little small minded people. Any claim for 'need' for BRT on Philips, a route that currently sees service at no more then hourly headways, is patently false. How they could pick one of their lightest routes and add BRT, not to mention duplicating the Skyway, I see another impending JTA failure.

thelakelander

#57
May 01, 2012, 08:53:11 AM
Ock, do you remember the name of the retail district that was lost at the intersection of Kings and Atlantic when I-95 was built?  I believe this is where the streetcar line to Fletcher Park once terminated.  I'd like to do some research and put together a story on it.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

fsujax

#58
May 01, 2012, 08:54:42 AM
It is my understanding JTA did approach FDOT about running a commuter rail demonstration project along the FEC during the construction of the Overland Bridge.

exnewsman

#59
May 01, 2012, 09:22:08 AM
Quote from: fsujax on May 01, 2012, 08:54:42 AM
It is my understanding JTA did approach FDOT about running a commuter rail demonstration project along the FEC during the construction of the Overland Bridge.

And what happened with that conversation?
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