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Board reviews revised access plan for Explorer K–8; Duke Energy signoff, traffic study to trigger construction
Summary
School district staff and the Somerset developer presented a reconfigured access plan for Explorer K–8 that would extend Explorer Boulevard, create on‑site parent queuing for about 200 vehicles and relocate the bus loop. County transfer, encroachment termination and developer obligations hinge on Duke Energy’s final letter of no objection and a mutually agreed trigger for construction (proposal: county‑approved traffic study).
The Hernando County School Board workshop heard detailed plans to reroute access to Explorer K–8 and to extend Explorer Boulevard into the Somerset development, changes designers say will reduce queuing on Northcliffe Boulevard and separate parent and bus traffic.
Jim Lipsey, identified on the meeting agenda as the school planner, described the reconfigured entrance that would add a 2,000‑foot parent stacking lane and increase on‑site stacking from roughly 30 vehicles today to about 200. The plan separates staff parking from parent pickup, shifts the bus loop south to reduce conflicts and places the main pedestrian path between the parent and bus loops — with an elevated crosswalk to improve visibility.
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