We went into Jacksonville today for some errands. It was rather overcast out, but it thankfully never rained. The trip reminded me of how happy Tim & I are to be living in our current location!

Above is the intersection of Beach & Hodges. When I came to school this intersection had only two gas stations & the other side was all trees. Just after graduation, rumors spread of a huge shopping development being started, and then the construction started. According to the Florida Department of Transportation prepping for these shopping centers included "adding two lanes to provide a six-lane highway from the FCCJ entrance to Hodges Blvd (3 miles). The project began on March 10, 2005 & should finish in 1,134 days at the total cost of $25,277,057.58." As noted above... this work is badly needed to repair roads & alleviate traffic, but does it really take THREE YEARS to add two lanes to three miles of road? Grrr... the bureaucracy!
In the past month, they've been able to throw up a Walmart SuperCenter on one corner of this intersection & a Super Target on the other (complete with all the shops & restaurants that go along with each). If they could get ALL those stores up so quickly... why'd the roads take so long?
I'm posting this because I feel like FDOT should know that someone is watching them (after all, these are the people who've been working on I-95 here for over 10 years...). Maybe I don't fully understand road making & it really does take that long, but I'm thinking it's time for a Stephen Covey follower to take over FDOT!!
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