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Boyer outlines future public access improvements on Southbank
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As she eyes the future development of Jacksonville's Southbank, it is Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer's intention to make sure the public has plenty of access to the St. Johns River.
In February, Boyer shared with The Resident a "working graphic," which she said she uses when discussing future Southbank Riverwalk improvements, water taxi docks, and the multi-use path that will circle the Southbank area and connect the improvements. Being discussed with the Florida Department of Transportation is the future construction of a park/plaza under the Fuller Warren Bridge, similar to the Riverside Arts Market area, which would anchor the multi-use Southbank loop.
"The ultimate goal is to form a complete loop for walkers and runners and to make publicly available river crossings, both along bridges and by water taxi," explained Boyer in an email.
Currently the Riverwalk extends from Friendship Park to the far end of the Duval County Public School board site. However, several obstacles stand in the way of further extending the Riverwalk from Friendship Park toward the Fuller Warren Bridge, including the St. Johns Marina, the boat ramp immediately adjacent to the Acosta Bridge, and the railroad bridge.
"If you were to build the Riverwalk over water and go up in height to allow boat access to the ramp under the waterway, you would have to get back down to get under the Acosta Bridge and up again over the railroad bridge," Boyer said. "The geometry is impossible unless you go far out into the water where currents and navigation create other issues."
To overcome these challenges in the most practical and cost-effective way, Boyer plans to delineate a path that follows San Marco Boulevard from Friendship Park to Prudential Drive, crossing the railroad tracks at Prudential and then returning to the waterfront adjacent to property where Ventures Development Group plans to build a new high-rise apartment building (see dashed blue line on map). Signs, landscaping, and pavers would help identify that it is a continuation of the Riverwalk, she said.
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Does that map have a riverwalk under the Fuller Warren? Also, I wish they would extend the riverwalk down to Memorial Park as the original plans had.
I can't wait for this to come to fruition. This will allow me to bike to work as well as be a great running loop for me and the city. Hopefully this will help bring some life to the south shores neighborhood like the Beltline has done for parts of Atlanta.
Quote from: Captain Zissou on March 10, 2017, 09:37:43 AM
I can't wait for this to come to fruition. This will allow me to bike to work as well as be a great running loop for me and the city. Hopefully this will help bring some life to the south shores neighborhood like the Beltline has done for parts of Atlanta.
It would be really cool if they put an extension across the creek and connect the district riverwalk to south shores rd. Wishful thinking.
2016-18 and the FIND ADA Non Motorized hand launch at the DCPS property is a JOKE. That is not an improvement and Lori Boyer caught it at a meeting. The school board property managers did not screw up. COJ did. Boyer caught the screw up. Check it out. When the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Visits Jacksonville at the epicenter of our Educational center we can show her F LAUNCH. The opposite of A for ACCESS LAUNCH. Can't make this stuff up.
Per the T-U, Curry's new budget includes the addition of new water taxi stops in Brooklyn (Weaver Park, behind the Y), and Riverside (near the Cummer).