Florida Construction New staff writer
The City of St. Augustine hosted a public meeting in partnership with engineering consultants, Hanson Professional Services, Inc. and Marquis Latimer + Halback, Inc. to present design recommendations for the King Street Improvement Project.
The project seeks to create a beautiful streetscape leading to the heart of the Nation’s Oldest City. The project goes from Malaga Street (west) to Charlotte Street (east) and includes a variety of mobility and beautification improvements to make this ‘The Best Mile in Florida’.
There are three primary factors to the design:
- Livability
- History
- Beauty
Upgraded sidewalks and increased shade will be featured, along with vehicular traffic modifications.
Traffic engineers have modeled two concepts to validate that traffic volume is maintained or even improved from today’s conditions.
Concept “A”, which has received more consistent support to date, improves the beauty of the street while defining the center turn lane in brick with mid-block pedestrian crossings carefully placed between intersections while maintaining current access patterns to easily access businesses and residences along the corridor.
Concept “B” shifts traffic lanes to the north and incorporates a transit-only lane for transit circulators, buses, carriages, trolleys, and trains.
A dedicated website (mlhhub.com) has been created with detailed information about the project, including design renderings, links to submit public input, and a new Q&A section has been added based on feedback.
