Summary of the March 3 Workshop
On Friday, March 3, the County Commissioners hosted a Transportation Summit at the County Auditorium. In attendance were:
- Our County Commissioners, Sarah Arnold, Christian Whitehurst, Krista Joseph, Roy Alaimo, and Henry Dean
- US Representative John Rutherford
- State Representatives Cyndi Stevenson
- State Senator Travis Hutson
- FDOT District 2 Representative Jim Knight
This was a “workshop” with no time granted for public comment.
A presentation was provided by County Engineer Dick D’Souza highlighting projects in the county and some of the main areas of traffic concern. Ironically, Representative Stevenson was a few minutes late to the meeting because of heavy traffic. She noted, if she had been going north to catch a flight, she would have missed her flight!
The presentation from Mr. D’Souza is available on the County website at this link:
Some highlights of interest:
- Prioritization of projects that will connect to the Strategic Intermodal System
- Widening of County Road 210, Greenbriar Road to Cimmarone Blvd. – funded with local, developer and federal funds – currently in the Design Build phase
- Longleaf Pine Parkway widening to 4 lanes – Developer funded, Construction start in 2023
- Veterans Parkway – widen from Longleaf Pine to Greenbrier Road, including construction of new 4 lane roadway from Longleaf Pine Parkway to CR 210 – Developer funded, Construction started in 2021
- Old Moultrie Road – Dino Road, SR 312 to Lewis Point Road – Local and Developer Funds, Construction start 2023. Includes new bicycle lanes and sidewalks
Partnership projects include:
- I-95 Widening project
- First Coast Expressway
- County Road 2209
- A1A Intersection improvements
- State Road 16 and International Golf Parkway intersection
Other noted projects:
St. Johns Safe Rail Project is intended to address concerns at US 1 and CR 210. The conceptual design would close the intersection fo Alt CR 210 and US1 and construct a westbound bridge over US1 and access ramps from County Road 210 to US 1.
Country Road 2209 – from Silverleaf Parkway to State Road 16. This project would complete the upper section of north-south 2209 and link with SR 16 to provide a seamless rout to 9B and Race Track Road. It would connect the regional workforce to a 700,000 SF commercial and innovation hub expected to provide more than 1,200 jobs in the county.
Multimodal & Safety Improvements under review include the Pine Island Road at US 1 intersection. Very recently the site of another traffic fatality that resulted in an extensive traffic back-up across CR 210, this is a high priority for the County. The project includes complete reconstruction of the intersection, signalization and a multi-use trail-head. St. Johns County has made an urgent $2 million legislative request to fund this project.
Multi-Use trails are requested including Nocatee trail extension to A1A, St. Johns River to the Intercoastal, and the North-South Connector to SR 207.
Be sure to check the link above for the presentations behind the data!
Beth Tate 