FDOT provides boost for Laura/Bay Street improvments

[thelakelander]

FDOT provides boost for Downtown improvments

by Joe Wilhelm Jr.
Staff Writer

Good things come to those who wait...and wait...and wait.

After filing a grant application with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in 2000 for funds to improve the streetscape of Downtown, the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC) recently found out that the funds have become available. The City is now preparing to receive $525,000 from FDOT, which will be used for Laura and Bay street projects for “landscaping and beautification of the West Central Civic Core District.”

“The assumption on the grant was that it would be discretionary FDOT grant dollars that could be used for streetscape programs in the civic core,” said Ron Barton, executive director of the JEDC. “We had other plans when we first filed the application, but nothing was ready to go at the time. It ends up showing up at a perfect time. We hope to be under construction with the Laura and Bay street projects by fall.”

full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=51930

[Ocklawaha]

Looking at it from a pair of "Transportation Shoes" I'd love to see this done with a 30' road, including 18' angle parking (remove all meters on this test stretch), Hogan going North to Monroe - return South on Laura. Curve the streets a bit and create a canopy of trees.

OCKLAWAHA

[stjr]

Rather than rehash a long discussion about Laura Street again here, why don't we refer people to our existing exchange at:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,4500.30.html

I sure wish there was a way MJ could consolidate threads more.  Some subjects exist all over the place.