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Kathleen Pagan, AICP, Sr. Planner
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From: Woodyard, Cory A
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Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:10 PM
Subject: FDOT MAIN STREET RESTRUCTURING TO BEGIN WITH LANE CLOSURES
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CONTACT: Laurie Windham
September 3, 2009
(386) 754-1546 office
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MAIN
STREET RESTRUCTURING TO BEGIN WITH LANE CLOSURES
GAINESVILLE – Work to
reconstruct four miles of Main Street (S.R. 329) between NE/NW Eighth Avenue
and Depot Avenue is scheduled to begin September 8, according to the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT).
Construction will
be done in three phases and take about two years to complete. Several
detours will be necessary during construction and will be posted on lighted
signs to alert motorists in advance of the closures.
During Phase I,
north and southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and
shifted to the east, between NE/NW Eighth Avenue and NE/NW First Avenue (one
block north of University Avenue). Work will include repairing damaged
sidewalks, adding wheelchair accessible ramps, installing new traffic signals
and reconstructing curbs on the west side of the roadway. Crews will also
remove the old asphalt and a layer of bricks from the original street.
Once work is
completed on the west side of the road, traffic will be shifted to the new
lanes and Phase II will begin on the east side of the road. By the first
of the year, crews are expected to begin Phase III, between NE/NW First Avenue
and Depot Avenue. The work in the intersection of Main Street and
University Avenue has been scheduled for two weekends and will be done at the
end of Phase III.
When the project
is finished, Main Street will be a two-lane street with a center turn lane,
bicycle lanes on each side of the road, on-street parking and upgraded
utilities.
The
FDOT has contracted with J.B. Coxwell Contracting, Inc. of Jacksonville to
complete the $6-million project.
The
project was developed in coordination with the reconstruction
of the section between Northeast Eighth and 23rd Avenues as
developed by the Alachua County Public Works Department and the City of
Gainesville’s Depot Avenue project.
For
more information about this or other state road construction projects in
Alachua County, contact Laurie Windham at 800-475-0044 or [log in to unmask].
You can also visit www.nflroads.com for
information about FDOT projects around Northeast Florida.