I-295 East Beltway widening moves ahead

[Charles Hunter]

From a North Florida Transportation Planning Organization's Facebook post.

On Thursday, Jan. 27, FDOT Northeast Florida will host a hybrid public hearing online and at University of North Florida to discuss the proposed improvements to I-295 from Southside Connector (SR 113) to J. Turner Butler Boulevard (SR 202).
https://nflroads.com/I-295East

This project picks up at UNF, where the toll-lane project to the south ends and goes to the south end of the Dames Point Bridge.
Adding one lane in each direction, with some sections getting auxiliary lanes, convert the UNF/Town Center interchange to diverging diamond.

Noise walls (subject to change)
Next to the Top Golf just south of UNF

East side of 295 from Beach to the retention pond south of Saints Road

West side of 295 from north of Atlantic to Lee Road

Westside of 295 for the apartments on the east side of Southside Connector and East side of the SS Connector on the other side of the same apartments

Westside of 295 between the SS Connector and Merrill Road

Both sides of 295 between Merrill and Fort Caroline

East side of 295 from Ft. Caroline almost to the river

Cost and Schedule
Right-of-Way is funded in FY2022 at $18.9 million
Construction is not funded but expected to cost $276 million

David Tyler, P.E., AICP is the Project Manager david.taylor@dot.state.fl.us

[jaxlongtimer]

^ Any provisions for greenery?  LOL at noise walls for Top Golf.  Really?  I thought they only went up for existing residential abutments.

[thelakelander]

Top Golf gets a noise wall? Really?!

[jaxlongtimer]

^ Is there an echo in the room? Or, great minds think alike?   

[Steve]

I can't fathom that Top Golf would WANT a noise wall. Most businesses that locate next to a highway locate there BECAUSE of the visibility.

[Steve]

Side note - I'm not in favor of any noise wall around town center. The roads were there first.

I get it around older neighborhoods where the road rips through the neighborhood and the houses were there first. That's not the case here.