A New Look For San Marco Boulevard

[tufsu1]

The primary motivation is so vehicle don't have to back out of spaces...where they are blind to on-coming traffic....lots of cities are doing this

[tufsu1]

Reednavy: One question. Why are they going to landscape by 95 when that is going to be ripped up for the new Overland Bridge project?

The I-95 project shouldn't interfere with this project on San Marco, in fact the contracts might even being done in concert with eachother. Whatever they do to 95, it will continue of fly over San Marco.

Not quite Ock....the Overland Bridge project will involve changes to the parallel C/D road, extending it back to the San Marco off-ramp...so there is likely to be some effect in the area.

[Charles Hunter]

Great, formalizing one of my pet annoyances - people who insist on backing into parking spaces!

[cayohueso]

Somebody has a lot of faith in Jax's ability to back into parking spaces. Think I'll break out a lawn chair and some popcorn Cartman-style and take in the Friday lunch rush show sometime.

[finehoe]

This is it:  http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/palm_prod/pdfs/Sabal-palmetto-Infected-with-Phytoplasma-in-Florida.pdf

Not good news.  I remember when South Florida was covered with Coconut Palms, very tropical.  Now, they are few and far between.  If a similar plague hits the Sabal Palm, our landscape will be seriously f*cked.

[tufsu1]

Somebody has a lot of faith in Jax's ability to back into parking spaces. Think I'll break out a lawn chair and some popcorn Cartman-style and take in the Friday lunch rush show sometime.

why would this be so hard...people often back into parallel parking spaces, and that's much more difficult

[TheProfessor]

Bike Lanes?

[thelakelander]

^I feel the same way.  Imo, bike lanes are more important then the center turn lanes and medians.

[Overstreet]

Landscaping vs I-95
As I recall the I-95 re-construction will be less impact on the San Marco intersection. THe north side of I-95 at San Marco will be untouched at that point. The south side gets an extra lane onto I-95 southbound, but unless there is a bridge pier at that location they can work around the island.

Besides all that the last time I talked to the FDOT they didn't have any $$ for that project and it was thought to go on delay.


Back In parking spaces
One of the vehicles I drive is a 4x4 full size pick up. Backing into a space is better than pulling in. The turning radius backing is better than pulling in. 

[Captain Zissou]

^ Another Lane going south??  This sounds like it will cause everything to have to be changed all the way to where the Acosta and Fuller Warren SB lanes merge.  I didn't realize how big this project was I guess.

[urbanlibertarian]

A PDF on back in/head out angle parking:

lda.ucdavis.edu/LDA191/.../05-Back_in_Diagonal_Parking.pdf

[Charles Hunter]

Landscaping vs I-95
As I recall the I-95 re-construction will be less impact on the San Marco intersection. THe north side of I-95 at San Marco will be untouched at that point. The south side gets an extra lane onto I-95 southbound, but unless there is a bridge pier at that location they can work around the island.

Besides all that the last time I talked to the FDOT they didn't have any $$ for that project and it was thought to go on delay.

Nope, it is "on" (from the TPO website's really awkward interactive "TIP")
http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/view_online.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnftpotip.edats.com%2Fattachments%2F%2Fn4BS9nS2s2_Duval%20County%20State%20Highway%20Projects%20%28FDOT%29.pdf
Type in page "78" to go to the project.  Not much detail there, except that it looks like construction is in 2011/12. 

From what has been said here, it looks like the I-95 project might affect a little of the proposed landscaping right at the intersection.  Given the length of the San Marco project, not much impact.

[thelakelander]

San Marco merchants brace for road reconstruction
They expect to enjoy outcome, but worry of losing customers now.

Over the next two years, that will change. Next month, the city is taking bids from contractors, and expects to begin construction in March on a $15 million project that will add parking spaces and beautify San Marco Boulevard from Prudential Drive to Naldo Avenue.  The city will spent about $12 million; JEA about $3 million.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-12-18/story/san_marco_merchants_brace_for_road_reconstruction

[mtraininjax]

Avondale Merchants area is slated for work in 2010 after the holidays as well. Getting the "new park and king" look. YAY. How about a trolley to downtown with it?

[acme54321]

When is this supposed to happen?