Historic City News is informed weekly about road and lane closures in Northeast Florida from the District Two offices of the Florida Department of Transportation. Florida’s transportation system improvement needs exceed available funding, compelling news readers to keep watch over how our limited transportation resources are invested.
Saturday, November 23 is Light-Up! Night for the 26th annual Nights of Lights in St Augustine, with the lighting ceremony scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Plaza de la Constitutión. Historic City News readers and their families are encouraged to arrive early to get a good parking space and enjoy all of the evening’s activities.
Today, the St Johns River Water Management District Governing Board reported to Historic City News that they have approved contracts for two agricultural cost-share projects that will reduce water use by 1.41 million gallons-per-day and reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loading to the St Johns River in the Tri-County Agricultural Area of St Johns, Putnam, and Flagler counties.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m. at the Mellow Mushroom Restaurant, 410 Anastasia Boulevard in Saint Augustine. Our special guest speaker this month will be Cameron Coward, President of the St Johns County Federation of Young Republicans.
The City of St Augustine announced to local Historic City News reporters that an Institutional Rehabilitation Program has launched in Lincolnville, aimed at preserving the neighborhood’s history, heritage, and community character by providing funding for repair and rehabilitation of institutional properties.
Historic City News was informed that beginning Wednesday, November 20 and continuing on weekdays through Tuesday, November 26, the city’s contractor, TB Landmark Construction, will resurface asphalt roadways in the Uptown neighborhood.
After considerable pushback from northeast St Johns County residents and beachgoers, on plans announced last week to close the Mickler’s Landing Beachfront Park every weekday for construction and maintenance, the Board of County Commissioners amended the dune reconstruction schedule.
Historic City News is informed weekly about road and lane closures in Northeast Florida from the District Two offices of the Florida Department of Transportation. Florida’s transportation system improvement needs exceed available funding, compelling news readers to keep watch over how our limited transportation resources are invested.
