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Daytona Beach redevelopment staff shows streetscape concepts for Main Street; board seeks wider sidewalks, native plantings
Summary
Redevelopment staff presented five design corridors and multiple options to reshape Main Street, Ocean Avenue and side streets; board and business owners emphasized wider sidewalks, flexible parking and native plantings and asked staff for more detail before final designs.
Angela Armstrong, redevelopment project manager for Daytona Beach City, presented concept options for a proposed Main Street streetscape project at the Beachside Redevelopment Board meeting Wednesday night, asking the board to select one concept to refine.
The concepts cover three focus areas — the arrival (Halifax River to Peninsula Avenue), the central core (Peninsula to A1A) and the beach area (A1A to the ocean) — and include options that trade roadway width for expanded sidewalks, additional landscape islands, parallel parking changes, bike lanes and formalized outdoor dining areas.
"Tonight, I only need for you to choose one option," Armstrong said during her presentation. She said the project aims to "create a visual activity" on Main Street, improve lighting and pedestrian connectivity to the Ocean Center and the…
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