Laserfiche WebLink
was originally a FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) project funded with ISTEA <br />enhancement grant funds. There have been public meetings and other opportunities for the <br />public to learn about it and get involved. County staff does not go door-to-door on FDOT <br />projects. He advised of meetings with the PTA of Thompson Elementary School and with <br />Joe Wiggins of the Oslo Concerned Citizens League during this 3 to 4 year project. The <br />County realized that the FDOT's design had the sidewalk pushed far from the roadway, <br />occupying most of the Murphy property. This had an adverse impact on many of the <br />properties and was not in conformance with the widening project that the County has for <br />Oslo Road which will, hopefully, be built next year. Last summer when the project was <br />transferred to the County, it was redesigned. He displayed a graphic to help the Board <br />visualize the project. He pointed out that the County intends to widen the road in the future <br />and add a lane which will take the roadway right up to the existing telephone pole. Putting <br />the sidewalk where Mrs. Browning suggested will place it in the roadway when the widening <br />of Oslo Road occurs. He advised of a compromise to put the sidewalk just behind the <br />telephone pole line and a curb and gutter will have to be built at that location. The house is <br />a greater distance from the road than most front yard setbacks. Evidently Mrs. Browning <br />does not agree with the compromise location. Moving the roadway to the south would cause <br />a great expense ($287,000) to culvert that section of the Indian River Farms Water Control <br />District sub -lateral canal. They do propose a culvert to the west where some of the <br />businesses are located; the road will actually shift to the south in those locations because of <br />the non-availability of right-of-way there. _ <br />Mr. Wiggins stated that this has been more like an 8 to 9 year project. He was only <br />concerned about getting the sidewalk in for the safety of the children. The sidewalk was one <br />of the early goals of the Oslo Concerned Citizens and it has been redesigned 3 or 4 times. <br />Numerous accidents have occurred on Oslo Road because there has been no sidewalk. He <br />November 7, 2000 <br />160 <br />BK 115 PG 869 <br />