Riverside skyway station

[David]

I came across these year old articles from the bizjournal while searching for articles on the riverside trolley:

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/03/26/story1.html

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/03/26/daily42.html


It states they were planning to expand the skyway to Riverside but I haven't heard anything about it since then. I've basically stopped paying any mind to the skyway because it's been stagnant since 2000, with no hope of ever expanding it seems.

[thelakelander]

The "expansion" would be in the form of a new skyway station at the existing O&M facility, across the street from the TU center.  I recall this being dependent on the Miles Brooklyn Park project going in.  To this point, they have not broken ground, so I would NOT expect to see a skyway station over there anytime soon.  In the meantime, the "trolley" service to Five Points just started this past Monday.

[Driven1]

Miles is contractually required (via contract with JTA) to break ground by Sept of this year

[heights unknown]

I came across these year old articles from the bizjournal while searching for articles on the riverside trolley:

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/03/26/story1.html

http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/03/26/daily42.html


It states they were planning to expand the skyway to Riverside but I haven't heard anything about it since then. I've basically stopped paying any mind to the skyway because it's been stagnant since 2000, with no hope of ever expanding it seems.

From what I read it says that they are "considering" putting it in Riverside not "planning;" to me this means they are thinking about it and have not even initialized any plans or laid anything out in writing or even on the table.

Heights Unknown

[Seraphs]

This would make sense in my opinion to have a skyway station here.  However, does JTA even know what and when they are going to do something?   

[Charles Hunter]

I thought it was tied to the Miles Development, and would be a short extension from the existing Skyway Barn into the Miles development. 

[thelakelander]

That's how I understand it.  I would assume no construction would take place until the Miles development is completed.

[Ocklawaha]

Hey y'all, didn't we once post these images? I'd love to see a re-run IF anyone knows where their at???
Did we have a floor plan drawing?

YIPPIEEE!

Ocklawaha

recycled Skyway stations R Us! hee hee

[Coolyfett]

Hey y'all, didn't we once post these images? I'd love to see a re-run IF anyone knows where their at???
Did we have a floor plan drawing?

YIPPIEEE!

Ocklawaha

recycled Skyway stations R Us! hee hee

Yes Ock we did. Someone else posted this info a while back.


Correction --- Brooklyn Park is getting a station NOT Riverside.

[David]

well amuse us n00bs dammit! I wanted to see what you old school metrojacksonvillers thought.  Even If it's been posted 100 times before, alot of us newcomers haven't seen it before.  This site's got some serious knowlege on it.

[Jason]

I don't remember seeing any images of a proposed extension or station in Brooklyn.  The only thing I know of are the images I created in Google Earth of my vision of an expanded line.

[Jason]

Here are some of them...

[thelakelander]

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/478/116/

[Jason]

Here was an idea tossed around to convert the Annie Lyttle school into a station...

[Coolyfett]

It is better to just build the Stations first, so development will eventually get there. Building the development then building a Station to serve it is just backwards. That Brooklyn Park place is eventually going to get done. Makes sense for JTA to beat them in projects.