Downtown's future getting brighter with $750,000 for lighting over 2 years

[thelakelander]

By David Chapman, Staff Writer

The first part of 2016 could end up being a little brighter.
Atop Mayor Lenny Curry's capital improvement plan is $480,000 for Downtown street and lighting improvements.

How and where projects should be implemented won't be known until a $70,000 study is completed by mid-March, said Curry spokeswoman Marsha Oliver.

But, the focus of it will be what specific areas of Downtown need lighting for safety, she said.

The remaining $410,000 will be used for the projects themselves. Another $270,000 is slated for fiscal 2016-17.

The funding comes from the ongoing annual city infrastructure plan, not the Downtown Investment Authority.

However, improved lighting Downtown was one of the many redevelopment pieces that went into the authority's business investment development strategy approved last year.

Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=546728

[iMarvin]

How and where projects should be implemented won't be known until a $70,000 study is completed by mid-March, said Curry spokeswoman Marsha Oliver.

How many more studies do they need?

[tufsu1]

How many more studies do they need?

pretty sure nobody has done even a remotely detailed downtown lighting study

[blizz01]

What about the Acosta?

[thelakelander]

I think is about lighting the regular streets as opposed to themed bridge lighting.

[Downtown Osprey]

As someone who lived downtown for 2 years this is great news and much needed!

[Bill Hoff]

Nice.