State Rd 9B

[tufsu1]

Tell this to all the families raising kids in NY City towers.  The problem in Jax is if you live Downtown, there are no Downtown walk-to (that excludes Metro Park) parks for families to take kids to play ball, ride bikes in a secure area, fly a kite, play in a sandbox or on a swing, play tag or hide and seek, etc.  If you look at my posts on Downtown threads, you will see that I believe this is a major contributor to why Downtown fails to attract residents, not just families, but people of all ages.

We might pick up Metro Park as a solution if JTA ran a 3 or 4x an hour run, 7 days a week, from Downtown but I don't see that on the drawing boards.  Maybe, with the Metro Park overhaul, that should be a required component.  I believe it when I see it.

stjr...very few people in the suburbs take the bus to a park...they either walk or more often drive...so drivig or riding a bike (like I do) over to Metro Park is not a big deal.

That said, some downtown properties have the amenities...for example, Berkman Plaza has a pool, tennis courts, and some open space...and Parks @ Cathedral has a pool and a small park space for throwing the ball around.

[British Shoe Company]

Fact of life, if you are so against them. Then sell your car and house. Move next to your work, buy a bike and be happy.

This coming from a high school student in Maxville. Oh the irony.

"West side the best side'"

9B will help in case of emergencies also.

[British Shoe Company]

So, you're 17, supposedly in college, live in Maxville, but can't even use correct grammar or place a comma where needed? Gotcha.

Oh, and what is the purpose of 9B, other than promoting sprawl?

I was on US1 the other day and saw a FOR SALE sign for commercial property, and stated this: Adjacent to the new 9B.

reednavy, you have made a multitude of grammar errors.  

You must have found out how to use spell check? tell the truth reed.......

Buy that piece of property, and jump aboard the 9B wagon.  

Stop going  "attack mode" when people who disagree with you on a topic.

[reednavy]

Oh yeah, I sure got a couple hundred thousand laying around.


Oh just shut up already, I'm picking at a newbie.

[British Shoe Company]

Oh yeah, I sure got a couple hundred thousand laying around.


Oh just shut up already, I'm picking at a newbie.

Spell check question  got a Tiger like response.


Come clean on spell check, and wish the young newbie well.

By the way spell check does not help grammar.  

"Already," 

[reednavy]

Just a little tid bit, I saw a core drilling machine used to take soil/bedrock samples for the pilings that will need to be put in for the overpasses/flyovers.

[Gatorziggy]

The core drilling machine is not for pilings. It is for the new ponds to determine how much soil is good and can be used for the SR 9B project. Alot of wetlands and low lands on this project and we need to find as much good dirt as possible.

[reednavy]

I'm sure they'll use these samples for pilings as well, but it was just a guess.

At the same time though, there are already a few ponds in place, so they probably only one or two more, if that.

[CS Foltz]

9B is nothing but a highway for developers into pristine woods! Love my tax dollars hard at work putting money into developers pockets..........like we need more developement!

[Mattius92]

Get them to build commuter or light rail and we will be good. However it seems to be the general agreement in North Florida to build more and more highways. Anyways I still believe 9B will be of some use to St Johns and Duval.

[St. Auggie]

9B is nothing but a highway for developers into pristine woods! Love my tax dollars hard at work putting money into developers pockets..........like we need more developement!

Pristine woods? Sorry bud, but this in nothing but farmland. ALL of those trees would be cut down at some point.  The ENTIRE botanical area was raped long ago.  It is sad because when you acutally see an untouched area and it is so beautiful.  The damage was done most likely before you were born. Now if you want to get on the bandwagon that this is just for developers then...

[reednavy]

I would prefer to have a forests that are actually used for something, then replanted, instead of being demolished for more unnecessary homes and strip centers.

[stjr]

Pristine woods? Sorry bud, but this in nothing but farmland.

Agreed, a forest or swamp, whatever was there originally, is best, but better to be farmland than strip centers and subdivision sprawling about another "super highway" with interchanges.

[CS Foltz]

St Auggie...........you miss my point! I have no idea just what kind of country 9B will transit through! I assumed that it was nothing but the normal Florida ecosystem plain and simple! My point is simple.......9B is not needed for much of anything and serves just as a conduit to allow developers in the door. We need more concrete like I like a bigger hole in my head and what really tics me off................you and I are paying for this with our tax dollars. I can see the rebuttals right .....but it's Federal money man! Once again............your and my tax dollars at work letting developers in the door! I don't care what kind of terrain is down there, we don't need the blippin concrete!! You might want to check further back on this thread for my stance regarding this matter.

[tufsu1]

the problem CS is that a whole bunch of people in NE Florida think 9B is needed....and I personally don't know of a single local elected official that thinks otherwise.