The South Florida Avenue road diet is shoving traffic into nearby neighborhoods, residents said Monday night.
Tag: South Florida Avenue
Posted inNeighborhoods, Transportation
Report Presents 10 Lane Options for South Florida Avenue
Ten alternative lane alignments for South Florida Avenue in Dixieland are outlined in a new report.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Survey and Public Forum in June Will Collect Comments on South Florida Avenue Road Diet
People can tell the city of Lakeland and the Florida Department of Transportation what they want to see done on South Florida Avenue between downtown and Dixieland in a June survey followed by a public forum at the RP Funding Center.
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't
South Florida Avenue Road Diet Update Brings Mixed Messages on Safety
The number of accidents along South Florida Avenue in Dixieland has decreased from a high of 15 during the first month of the one-year road diet there, a Florida Department of Transportation engineer told Lakeland city commissioners Monday. But Steven Davis Jr. said he’s hoping to see more improvement.
Posted inTransportation
Road Diet Construction Has Started in Dixieland
The one-year test of the South Florida Avenue road diet in Dixieland doesn’t officially start until this fall, but travel is already down to three lanes.
Posted inTransportation
South Florida Avenue ‘Road Diet’ Test Construction Starts Monday
Work to prepare South Florida Avenue for a lane reduction in Dixieland gets under way on Monday, city officials said today. A one-year test of the “road diet” doesn’t start until fall, but construction will begin Monday and is expected to take up to six months, city Transportation and Development Manager Chuck Barmby said.
Posted inPublic Safety
Resolution Calls for More South Florida Avenue Study
City commissioners are taking up the future of Florida Avenue in Dixieland and downtown on Friday. They will be discussing whether to take the contentious issue to the next step by asking the state to conduct a required project study.
Posted inTransportation
Preview Thursday’s South Florida Avenue Workshop
Urban planners who are reimagining South Florida Avenue in Dixieland as a pedestrian-friendly, three-lane roadway amenable to neighborhood businesses are presenting their vision to the public at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Polk Museum of Art. Check below for a preview of their presentation.
Posted inTransportation
Reimagining South Florida Avenue: Progress Report
The team of planners, architects and economists hired by the state DOT to reimagine South Florida Avenue presented renderings Friday night illustrating some of their ideas for redevelopment in Dixieland and downtown. See a few of the images below and videos covering almost all of the nearly-two-hour presentation.
