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<br />rd <br />recommended a workshop be held to discuss the 43 Avenue corridor. If special consideration is <br />not given to it, it will look like US#1. <br />rd <br />In response to Chairman Ginn’s inquiry, Director Davis gave an update on 43 <br />Avenue. He recounted that the design began 3-4 years ago and is now completed. Eighty percent <br />of the right-of-way has been acquired. Staff met with all the residential property owners along the <br />corridor. During the negotiations for temporary construction easements or rights-of-way purchase, <br />the property owner was presented a uniform landscaping plan which has been incorporated into the <br />project. Although the entire community had no workshop, staff has done micromanaging on each <br />th <br />property in the project corridor for the first phase between 8 Street and SR 60. They have worked <br />with churches and have already built stormwater ponds to provide stormwater retention. He hoped <br />to finish right-of-way acquisitions in 6-8 months and go to bid the end of this year or early 2005. <br />If we do not do this project, we will be out of compliance with our LOS in the Comp Plan. Some <br />visuals have been done which are on the wall in the Planning Department’s corridor. This project <br />was covered at the MPO level as well. <br />rd <br />Commissioner Lowther wondered if Director Davis was looking to widening 43 <br />thrd <br />Avenue to the south of 8 Street because of the large subdivisions coming in west of 43 Avenue <br />on Indrio Road in St. Lucie County which are likely to impact us. <br />rd <br />Director Davis advised there are no plans at present to widen 43 Avenue south of <br />Oslo Road. There are some large developments coming in which will require turn lanes. Widening <br />rdth <br />43 Avenue north of 26 Street is in design status now. Negotiations have been underway with the <br />rdth <br />Dodgers in order to 4-lane 43 Avenue up to 26 Street. <br />th <br />Commissioner Lowther was concerned the drop down to 2 lanes south of 8 Street <br />SW will create a bottleneck, and Director Davis explained that a bottleneck will not be created <br />because the attractions, employment, and commercial traffic are heaviest near the SR 60 corridor <br />and traffic trips start to drop off as you move away from the SR 60 corridor where there are very <br />rd <br />few other commercial attractions and employment. The new Publix will help take extra trips off 43 <br />January 13, 2004 12 <br /> <br />