Bay Street / Laura Street Streetscape Update

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At least two busy Downtown thoroughfares will be converted from one-way traffic to two-way traffic this year, including Bay Street between Ocean and Newnan as soon as April. That was the report from Jacksonville Economic Development Commission Deputy Executive Director Paul Crawford at Wednesday’s quarterly meeting of Downtown Vision, Inc. (DVI).

“We recognize that one-way streets can make Downtown confusing so we’re taking a methodical approach to changing some traffic patterns,” he said.

Along with Bay Street, Independent Drive from Laura to Newnan Streets will also be switched to two-way traffic in 2009.

A good start.

Yet the city can find neither the funds (<$100k) nor the will to convert the one block of Main between State and Union to two way traffic, thus ensuring for another year that Springfield's commercial corridor is effectively cut-off from downtown? For shame.