Peyton plans $100M investment in infrastructure

[Ocklawaha]

Friday evening at "Peyton Place".

OCKLAWAHA

[Ocklawaha]

Wonder Boy is meeting with the TU today to explain his economic incentive of a completely highway based city. Will he tell them how many new screeders will be hired by Gate Concrete? Time will tell.

OH SWEET JONI - "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"

OCKLAWAHA

[Doctor_K]

Wonder Boy is meeting with the TU today to explain his economic incentive of a completely highway based city. Will he tell them how many new screeders will be hired by Gate Concrete? Time will tell.

OH SWEET JONI - "They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"

OCKLAWAHA

Wonder Boy.  (snicker)

Peyton & Co. won't know what they have til its gone.

[TheProfessor]

It sounds like this plan of highways is mostly to bolster getting cargo into and out of the city.  I hope that all of these future trucks do not interfere too much with local traffic.  The city may need to do what was done in Atlanta and not allow large trucks to go through the center of town, rather they must go around the perimeter loop.

[Ocklawaha]

Touchton Road: Belfort to Southside
Fort Caroline: Townsend to McCormick
Dean Road: Beach to Parental Home
Collins: Shindler to Old Middleburg future road

IN DESIGN

Crystal Springs (Phase 2): Hammond to Cahoon
Greenland/Loretto/OSAR slip lane (formerly Caron Drive ext.)
Kernan (Phase 5): Atlantic to McCormick
San Pablo Road: Beach to Atlantic
Collins Road: Shindler to Westport and Westport to Rampart
Cahoon (Phase 2): Lenox to Beaver
Shindler Drive (Phase 2): 103rd to Collins
Kernan (Phase 6): Butler to Glen Kernan
Girvin Road: Atlantic to Mount Pleasant
Old Middleburg Road: Branan Field to 103rd
Hartley Road: St. Augustine to Florida 13
Collins Road: Blanding to Pine Verde
Ricker Road: Old Middleburg to Morse

OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE! Only one road on this list (Cahoon) will even effect the port or it's trucks. This PORT thing is pure fiction. Lot's of big trucks on Collins and Old Middleburg, didn't you see them going down to the Ortega River to meet those cargo ships? NOT!

OCKLAWAHA

[thelakelander]

$50 million is intended to go towards ongoing BJP projects (the list above).  The rest is planned to go towards port related road projects.  As for reducing truck traffic in and out of the ports.....that's what rail is for.  Is there any reason why money will not be set aside for rail related port improvements?  I don't really have a problem with them trying to move finish the BJP projects.  However, the money should not come from mass transit funds.

[Ocklawaha]

PORT PEYTON - "When it positively has to be docked right the first time."

[Charles Hunter]

Ock, that list of BJP projects are ones that may be DELAYED due to the emphasis at Dames Point / Blount Island. if Peyton's change goes through.  According to that same article, these BJP projects may be finished by 2019 - used to be that BJP was supposed to be done by 2011.  Of course, the Court House was supposed to cost $190 million, too.

[Ocklawaha]

Let's see what part of the port gets these funds - if any. Let's all watch to see if more roads next to Gate Concrete are repaired or if it's really going to be Port related. You know that drive past the Zoo (and Gate) is perhaps the prettiest in the whole City, I wonder why? Nobody lives there!

We could just keep them on hold until the price reaches $350 Million. Of course should we build the roads we'll have to hold the Court House until it's price hits $600 Million.

One thing is certain, we can't do either and keep JTA running or seek decent mass transit in Jacksonville. Mass Transit isn't profitable! We Probably could not find another City on earth with a port, good roads, court house AND great Transit. Just imagine y'all, we'll be the envy of San Francixsco and Portland and Norfolk and San Diego and Long Beach and... The whole world will be talking (and laughing) about us. Poor deluded Mayor.

The more I read, the more I'm convinced, this guy doesn't have common sense enough to pour water out of a boot - with instructions written on the heal.

OCKLAWAHA

[alta]

The infrastucture in Springfield is 100 years old and the streets on the westside of Main are barely driveable even though the tax revenue is skyrocketing here.  That's great to see that all the surburban widening and expansion projects are going to be fully funded.  Lake for mayor!!!