FDOT unwraps work in progress

FDOT unwraps work in progress

by George Gardner
St Augustine Report

Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation unveiled its thinking, to date, in their efforts to ease congestion at the San Marco Avenue intersection with May Street and East San Carlos at US-1.

Two left turn lanes onto US-1 (lower left) and a single traffic light for realigned streets (right) are included in current plans presented at a public session Monday.

Most immediate, two left turn lanes from East San Carlos Avenue onto US 1. That’s funded for 2016, Project Director Steve Browning says.

More distant, creating two concepts for San Marco and May Street. Each concept – a roundabout or a single traffic signal – proposes shifting May Street to the south.

All five streets would enter a roundabout configuration. For a single traffic signal concept, the west end of San Carlos would be closed, eliminating one of the current five entering streets.

Dozens of residents and commuters attended the public information meeting at the main library on the fringe of the congested roadways. It provided more than two hours of individual discussions with FDOT officials along walls lined with concept renderings.

None of the concepts would impact the contested plan for a 12-gas pump 7-Eleven at San Marco and May Street.