BY MARK J. CRAWFORD
Telegraph Editor
STARKE — Three roads have been recently added to the priority list in Bradford County: Northwest 38th Avenue, Southwest 106th Avenue and Northwest 84th Avenue.
Roads on this priority list are being reworked or paved with local gas tax revenue.
Next up on the list is Southeast 48th Avenue in Deerwood Subdivision where a new urgent care center is also being constructed. The estimated cost to repave is $150,000 for the 0.33-mile street. Following that, the road department will repave 0.3 miles on Southeast Second Avenue for an estimated cost of $35,000.
The list continues with milled roads that need to be reworked and fogsealed: Northwest 177th Street, Northwest 62nd Street, Northeast 171st Street, and Southwest 104th Avenue.
Public Works Director Jason Dodds notes on the list that two milled roads need to be paved at some point in the future because the fogseal has failed. They are Northwest 219th Street and Northeast 204th Street.
Likewise he is recommending that the newly added Southwest 106th Avenue, which was previously milled, be paved.
The other new priorities — Southwest 85th and Northwest 84th — will be reworked and fogsealed.
Reviewing FDOT priorities
Florida Department of Transportation budgeted nearly $2.3 million to resurface County Road 225 between U.S. 301 and State Road 16 this year. The next fiscal year, $3.7 million was added to resurface County Road 235 between State Road 100 and County Road 231.
Southwest County Road 237 has been programmed into FDOT’s budget for 2024.
Other FDOT projects include:
2023
—Construct Palatka to Lake Butler Trail from S.R. 100 to Southeast 36th Avenue, $258,000.
—Construct Palatka to Lake Butler Trail from County Road 235 to 18, $70,639.
—Lighting at Starke Truck Route interchanges at S.R. 100 and S.R. 16, $3.9 million.
—Starke Truck Route landscaping, $4.3 million.
2024
—Resurface U.S. 301 from Alachua County line to Container Road in south Starke, $13.7 million.
2025
—Sidewalk construction from U.S. 301 to Lincoln City Park, $1.07 million.
—Construct Hampton Trailhead at Bobby Sheppard Park, $444,000.
—Resurface S.R. 16 from Union County line to U.S. 301, $8.9 million.
—Urban core traffic signals, $3.2 million.
2026
—Sidewalk construction on Northwest 177th Avenue from C.R. 229 to S.R. 16, $955,000.
—“Pedestrian Safety Improvement” on Park Street from Lake Street to Adams Street in Lawtey, $481,000.
2027
—Starke Truck Route south end reconstruction, $21.6 million.
The Starke railroad overpass on S.R. 100 is an ongoing FDOT project that is expected to be completed in spring 2023.
