FDOT holding meeting Thursday for proposed widening of East Beltway

Jacksonville FL — Thursday evening, you’ll have the opportunity to get more information and have your voice heard on a proposed major road construction project on the East Beltway. Last week we reported on plans to add a lane on I-295 in both directions from JTB to the Southside Connector and other proposed changes. A public meeting will be held at UNF’s Adam Herbert University Center (12000 Alumni Drive Jacksonville, FL 32224) on the proposed changes starting with an open house from 4:30 PM until 6:30 PM. That will be followed up by a formal presentation and a public comment period. FDOT says the proposed construction would help to ease congestion in the area and improve overall safety on the roads.

The construction projects for the area include:

• Widening I-295 to three 12-foot travel lanes in each direction

• Adding new entrance and exit ramps at the I-295/Merrill Road interchange

• Improving traffic operations at the Merrill Road/Fort Caroline Road intersection

• Modifying the I-295 exit ramps to Monument Road to improve traffic operations

• Improving traffic operations at the I-295/St. Johns Bluff Road South interchange

• Converting the I-295/Town Center Parkway interchange to a diverging diamond interchange (DDI)

• Improving traffic operations at the Town Center Parkway/St. Johns Bluff Road South intersection

• Constructing new stormwater ponds to collect and treat runoff from the proposed roadway

• Constructing noise walls at qualified locations

If you can’t make it to the in-person meeting, there will be a way where you can interact virtually, you can do that by clicking here.

For more on the project, you can check out nflroads.com/I-295East.

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