Sorry- Bumpy Road ahead- no more exits.
Asking the powerful question "Then what?" has been masterfully subjugated,employed on the behalf of the road builders.
Regardless of current public hearings, spirited input, the bulk of future roadway initiative was decided and empowered/Vested years ago. Literally by some of the exact persons,theory and outlook that created modern day Blanding Boulevard.So Sorry!
For example-See Clay County early 1970's Comp Plan,(on the heels of the Local Government Planning Act....."Growth Management"!!...) future road ways.
Beltway;A gentle inked arch through a map of Clay County,decades old Clay Growth Booster vision,driven by Penney Farm/Reinhold,later empowered via Brannon / Chaffee & Lake Asbury 1 & 2) Sector Plans- all perfectly entangled in to present day TPO and "First Coast",Duval happenings.
Current events were decided and Vested just a little too long ago in an era dangling between past & future.
Nobody thought to hang Tom Smathers (yea,I know,and will not forget....),General Development Corp,fellow Duval Boosters,Corridor investors as identified in Official Record Book & Page or others in effigy. Including Mayor Delaney by the way,who provided key nudge to regulatory matters regarding the Brannon Chaffe Expansion- key Outer Beltway component.My guess is,few here know of the Delaney connection.
When Jax MPO Chief Calvin Burney erroneously announced the level of vehicles using Brannon Chaffee upon opening (assumed Blanding Blvd.'alleviation') would be equal to projected Average Daily Traffic after a period of time,due to Corridor development,we knew we were screwed. The erroneous decades old image and promotion of Blanding Blvd. "Alleviation" masterfully championed. (And no formal Florida Times Union recant-even though there was some internal concern and discourse)
What has Mr Burney been up to since?
Will we some day scrutinize Beltway "Network Alleviation" as some once did with Blanding & Brannon Chaffee?
So what,by then.
Sorry- Too Late. No doubt the info above is new to many. Too bad. That was just a tid bit.
We get the transit,roadways and landscape we deserve.
(This writer and others were able to modify the gentle arch somewhat,modifying the proposed Beltway route, but on the whole,we witnessed our collective heads served on D.O.T/Local Government "Projection" platter. Planner & Consultant garnish)
Who here on the forum can tell us when the window for First Coast Beltway legal decision "NO BUILD" option( a component of formal public input) quietly passed? (Tufsu-you don't count,not that you would share here anyway)
Today's events are post "Dangle"