The Most Expensive Road Projects in Florida

[Know Growth]

Thankfully not  on this most masterful review list- going back to the 1970's,and spits and lurches afterwards; Clay County/Orange Park proposed Kingsley Avenue westward extension to Brannon/Chaffee.
My assembled files garnered over the years must simply be collector item at this point.
Traversing through......well, over a broad wetland belt, a regional water recharge natural system feature,the proposed roadway would essentially entail a mini Buckman,and a 1980's price tag in the many tens of millions.
There were a series of County Commission Resolutions, DOT nudged,all the elements to a point. As a matter of Public Record,speculative land purchase occurred-classic dandy with two parcels adjoining at the centerline of phantom "S.R. 228-A".

And across the way to the west at the Brannon Chaffe Corridor similar speculative maneuvers occurred at the north half of Section 19. The players keenly imbedded in Clay County Growth management and political/socio world. 

Students might be interested in other ancillary roadways related to the Beltway not noted here- East/West connectors entailing additional wetland belt intrusion-all to be properly growth managed,mitigated of course.

The Florida Wildlife Federation and this writer strived valiantly, and successfully in re-routing the Beltway away from the Ravines Conservation Area,a component of the Jennings Forest public lands complex.
At one time,the Trust For Public Lands held an option on 1800 acres along Brannon Chaffee,much of which became Oak Leaf.
During critical Brannon/Chaffee permitting process with the federal United States Army Corps of Engineers and St Johns Water Management District,Mayor Delaney's lodged strong support for the I-10 to Blanding leg,which was erroneously described as a "Stand Alone" project with "No Current Plans" for expansion.
The Mayor's support visibly relaxed permit agency stance.
On the morning of Brannon/Chaffee opening ceremony,USACOE head Colonel Joe Miller called me via cell phones- to apologize. Colonel Joe Miller would become City of Jacksonville Public Works director for a brief time.
The USACOE and WMD permitting file became target of unprecedented Public Information request.