Developer asks to scale back roadwork in 780-acre Jacksonville project

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

If you know any underemployed carpenters, electricians, plumbers, etc, ask them what the downside of not building this development would be.

I did and he said, "No muy trabajo para esta hoy mi casa en mexico.  Buena suerte, mi amigo."

[PeeJayEss]

Tamaya project on Beach Boulevard gets go-ahead from council panel
The 780-acre project is one of the biggest remaining pieces of undeveloped land in that part of Jacksonville.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-11-20/story/tamaya-project-beach-boulevard-gets-go-ahead-council-panel

The news is a week old, but I couldn't find it posted elsewhere.

Mobility Fees?

[spuwho]

Tamaya project on Beach Boulevard gets go-ahead from council panel
The 780-acre project is one of the biggest remaining pieces of undeveloped land in that part of Jacksonville.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-11-20/story/tamaya-project-beach-boulevard-gets-go-ahead-council-panel

The news is a week old, but I couldn't find it posted elsewhere.

Mobility Fees?

I still don't agree on the Hodges road exception. The road already exists from Hodges to the back of Patton Park on the JEA ROW. They claim they would have to take away several parcels from the park, Huh?

The only downside on the Beach/Kernan road connection is that it will add another traffic light on Kernan at Alden, where the road was supposed to loop around the back of a JEA substation. Since Alden was never completed all the way through a green space to Huffman, the light will nearly be pointless except between 7-8AM and 5-6PM.

The school impact will be significant. Kernan Middle and Kernan Trail are at/near capacity, even after Waterleaf opened on North Kernan last year. The high school will be Sandalwood, since Beach and South Kernan is the border for Atlantic Coast HS.

It will certainly bring a revival of retail at the Publix Plaza (Sleiman) which had been losing tenants due to the large Hodges/Beach retail buildouts, but what will become of the NW corner of Beach/Kernan now is a good question. It is still for sale and zoned office/retail. Today it is a all forest.

[thelakelander]

I still don't see why they can't construct or phase in a two lane road between Kernan and Hodges.  That type of connectivity is the best thing this project can do for that area of town.

[spuwho]

I still don't see why they can't construct or phase in a two lane road between Kernan and Hodges.  That type of connectivity is the best thing this project can do for that area of town.

Especially when residents have kids who will play soccer at Patton Park. Will they turn left twice (onto Beach, then Hodges) just to get to the park? I doubt it.

If they won't build the road, at least put a bike/hiking trail in there and connect it with the Kernan bike path they just built. Then families can ride bikes, walk, etc to the park. It will get them out of the cars.