The long -term construction of a busy motorway exchange on the north side of Jacksonville will enter the ten years, when another change in the calculated date of completion per year until 2026. Spring repels.
The reconstruction of the Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 began in 2016. November And initially ended in 2020. In the summer. The date of graduation has fallen several times. A year ago, the expected graduation date was spring this year.
“It’s just a mess,” said Arlington resident Jim Shubow, who drives I-295 to work in Jacksonville’s International Airport area.
He said the shift in the tape in the day and night bypasses to other roads is hard enough for people who are on the road regularly, but many drivers are not familiar with it because they use a trip to the airport or for any other purpose. The lack of road lighting increases the challenge.
“I have been going for 70 years and driving for 50 years,” he said. “You hear about the i-4 horror stories in Orlando and some other places, but I don’t remember anything like that. It was really horrible for a long time. “
Hampton Ray, a representative of the Florida Transport Department, said that when Archer Western finished $ 176.8 million. The state will take stock of the state, whether the company has exceeded the deadline for the contract.
He said that if the contractor does not meet the deadline, the state will assess the liquidated damage to “compensate for FDOT and taxpayers for losses caused by delays and the contractor failed to execute the project within the specified time.”
Construction staff on May 15 Jacksonville May 15 Poured concrete on the I-295 viaduct. The State Department of Transport has returned the expected construction of a long -term highway exchange on the north side of 2026. Spring until 2026.
Ray said the state expects the contract to transfer to the fall of this year to take into account the dignified delays and holidays when the construction crews were unable to work.
Later, this year, drivers will see a significant change when the last resulted exchange configuration elements will be installed. Ray said it would increase traffic capacity, while moving to drivers more efficiently and saferly through it.
After that, other constructions such as highway lighting improvements, ramp modification and intersection will continue until the full scope of the project is completed.
“The whole project is expected to be fully completed by spring of 2026, weather and unforeseen circumstances,” he said.
Based on that schedule, the project will end in about nine and a half from start to finish.
The rendering of the State Transport Department shows what the highway exchange will look like on the north side of Jacksonville when it is completed. Keibys handles traffic where Interstate 95 meets Interstate 95 a few miles south of Jacksonville International Airport.
Due to growth in the northern and Nassau county, drivers passing through Jacksonville and local traffic are growing very much.
Prior to construction, an open house said that 54,000 vehicles in 2014 Drove I-295 a day at the intersection, and by 2040. By 2040 This will increase to 105 400. Traffic I-95 will increase from 106,500 vehicles per day in 2014. To 140,000 2040
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The state says that the new configuration will allow drivers to move through the exchange with less strip shifts at the I-295. The project also increases the I-95 capacity by adding strips at the intersection.
In addition to weather conditions that slow down the pace of the work, all kinds of construction were associated with supply chain detention and lack of materials after Covid-19 pandemic.
This article initially appeared at the Florida Times-Nion: I-95 and I-295 at Jacksonville. Will end by 2026.