Architect questions footbridge plan after storm
Buy Photo The planned footbridge linking the park to the Port of Jacksonville and the West End of Jacksonville will stand indefinitely unless a plan to repair the walkway is approved, according to plans submitted for a design review earlier this week. (Photo: Larry McCormick/The News Jax)Buy Photo
A review of an updated plans submitted to the Jacksonville City Council for the park in the heart of the park is set for Wednesday with members expected to consider it in a public hearing.
„I think they are looking at a new, more aesthetically p우리 카지노leasing proposal that is more inviting to everybody,“ said Mayor Lenny Curry, who presented two designs for the park earlier this week at a planning session. „I think, from their perspective, it’s something that will better suit us going forward.“
The revised plan is intended to address the concerns raised by members of the public when officials proposed the $80 million, 13-foot steel-roofed walkway last August.
The public outcry over the proposed walkway drew ire from the Jacksonville City Council who voted to reject a plan last summer to repair and replace all bridges in the area with a new steel structure.
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„We’re going to spend the next few months working with the City Council and look at all options to see what can be done about that,“ Curry said Tuesday. „Hopefully, we’ll be able to provide the community with some more information over the next couple weeks.“
While the new plan is more favorable to those who live and work along the waterfront, it still has some concerns, said City Manager Chris Lefkow, becaus온라인 슬롯 머신 사이트e the structure is much taller and is subject to significant deterioration.
Duke’s Beachfront Park, along Highway 45 south of I-4, will face the footbridge to keep drivers away from the park, but it would be an unusual design for the area given its proximity to the footbridge and the walkway, Lefkow said.
„There are a number of other pedestrian and bicycling bridges around the area that are more appropriate and we are going to examine other options, but I don’t think that is an ideal design for something that is going to keep traffic going,“ he said.
Duke’s Beachfront Park’s owner, Duke and Darlene넷마블 포커 Beachfront Company, has agreed to the redesign of its footbridge to serve as a footbridge. City staff found that installing