From traffic patterns to stormwater drainage, big changes are planned along King Street in St. Augustine. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today Find everything you need to make informed decisions this election season, plus so much more. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter.
St. Augustine plans to turn a major historic Downtown thoroughfare into “the best mile in Florida,” but some cyclists are feeling left out of the big plans to spruce up King Street.
The St. Augustine City Commission last week approved the plans to change the traffic pattern along King Street from Malaga Street to the Bridge of Lions, to the tune of $18 million. With the city’s taking control of the road from the state, its main goals are to beautify the corridor, add pedestrian crossings and make the traffic flow more efficiently around the Plaza de la Constitución.
Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one.
See the full overview of the King Street plans .
The improvements, Public Works Director Reuben Franklin says, should make engaging with the city’s history a better experience for everyone. Plans show the future of King Street and Cathedral Place in St. Augustine, with street-scaped intersections and more pedestrian crossings. | City of St. Augustine Between eliminating curbs in some areas, turning Cathedral Place — now a two-lane road with parking on both sides — into a one-lane road with limited on-street parking, and transforming the area around the historic plaza into a quasi-roundabout, Franklin says traffic will move much smoother.
But […]
Continue reading the original article at: jaxtoday.org