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County staff outlines bond transportation program and multiple road, bridge and facilities projects
Summary
Clay County capital projects staff updated the Planning Commission on numerous road and facility projects funded through a bond transportation program and FDOT projects, including County Road 218 connector, County Road 220 improvements, Cathedral Oak Parkway segments, resurfacing, and several new public facilities.
Ed Dendoor, bond transportation program administrator and capital projects director, briefed the Planning Commission on the county's capital projects and the five-year bond transportation program that began in 2020.
Dendoor said the program was originally supported by $129 million in bonding and has grown to roughly $180 million overall to fund road construction, utility relocations, sidewalks, stormwater ponds and bike lanes. "Working on that so far to date, we've put in well over 450,000 man hours and we've paid out over $110,000,000 so far," he said.
He summarized a list of projects and approximate schedules including:
- Live Oak Lane pavement and the SunTrail connection (notice to proceed issued). - Spencer Industrial Drive, a new four-lane road to a manufacturing facility (Florida Jobs Growth Grant; notice to proceed expected in May). - Bridal Road connection to US-17 and Town Centre Boulevard (notice to proceed expected in fall). - County Road 220 at Henley Road: intersection improvements, widening and bridge replacement (notices issued in January; several segments forecast to complete in 2026). - Signal and intersection work at Lakeshore Drive West and Canova Road on County Road 220 (notices issued or expected in 2025). - FDOT resurfacing on US-17 and on the corridor into Green Cove (completion forecasts through 2025 and multi-year schedules). - Cathedral Oak Parkway segments, including a near-complete mile that will connect to State Road 23; Dendoor forecast sections opening by June 2025.
Dendoor also reviewed the county road-resurfacing program (roughly $20 million spent over the past four years and $9.5 million budgeted this year), and aspects of right-of-way, utility coordination and permitting that have influenced schedules. He noted that some projects were delayed by a federal 404 permit injunction that affected permitting in Florida.
On public facilities, Dendoor said the county has five fire stations under design or construction, an animal shelter under construction, plans for a new Oakleaf library facility and a conceptual public-service complex and economic development complex. He also described a planned substance use recovery center that is in the concept phase.
Commissioners asked about possible future widening for parts of County Road 218 and roundabout proposals along College Drive; Dendoor said no immediate widening plan was available for 218 and that roundabout suggestions were part of a College Drive corridor study being considered for future implementation.
Dendoor encouraged commissioners and residents to use the county app and staff channels for project questions. The briefing was informational; no formal county action was required.
