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MLK Avenue streetscape reaches 90% design; construction estimated near $7 million, funding gap remains

5489795 · July 28, 2025
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City staff reported near-complete design for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue streetscape — including two travel lanes, on-street parking and 6-foot sidewalks — but construction funding has not been secured after a RAISE grant denial.

City of St. Augustine staff told the Community Redevelopment Agency that the Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue streetscape project is at near-final design, but the city does not yet have construction funding.

Jamie D. Perkins, the city’s Community Services Director, said the project is at about 90% design and that “we pretty much have 100% design documents and could be ready to put this on the street for bid.” Perkins described the planned cross…

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