FDOT to improve 10 school safety zones in Nassau County

FDOT
Press Release
December 4, 2020

The $1.5 million project will include nearly 150 school zones.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)’s District 2 will begin a district wide school zone safety improvement project this week that will include enhancements at more than 150 school zones across Northeast Florida.

This project is part of a statewide effort to improve school zone safety in response to House Bill 493, passed during the 2017 Regular Session. This includes implementation of a specific, uniform system of high-visibility markings and signage within one-mile of all schools on arterial and collector roads.

As part of the $1.5 million project, FDOT District 2 will upgrade 141 school zones in 13 counties with enhanced school zone signage and, in some locations, flashing beacons.

Those counties are:

• Alachua, 6 school zones

• Baker, 1 school zone

• Bradford, 3 school zones

• Clay, 15 school zones

• Columbia, 6 school zones

• Duval, 67 school zones

• Gilchrist, 1 school zone

• Levy, 3 school zones

• Nassau, 10 school zones

• Putnam, 13 school zones

• St Johns, 9 school zones

• Suwannee, 3 school zones

• Taylor, 4 school zones

FDOT has hired ACME Barricades to handle the work on the project and expects it to be completed by Summer 2021.

Upgrades at each school zone are expected to take less than a day to complete, and then crews will move to the next location. Minimal traffic impacts are expected during construction hours.

 

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The Florida Department of Transportation’s mission is to provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of the state’s environment and communities. The department is committed to building a transportation system that not only fits the current needs of Florida’s residents and visitors, but also enhances mobility throughout the state to accommodate its consistent and rapid growth. The unique nature of the Sunshine State and its year-round warm climate provides numerous opportunities to achieve the department’s mission through multiple transportation modes including highways/streets, air, rail, sea, spaceports, transit, and the ever-expanding deployment of bicycle & pedestrian facilities.