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Fort Pierce oversight committee reports $7.77M balance; city readies Indian River Drive, Avenue D and sidewalk work
Summary
Project engineer Selena Griffith reported the Fort Pierce infrastructure surtax oversight committee collected just over $2.9 million in 2024 receipts, spent about $1.3 million, and had an account balance of $7,773,687.92 as of Sept. 30, 2025. The commission heard plans for Indian River Drive, Avenue D resurfacing and Nebraska Avenue sidewalks.
Selena Griffith, project engineer, presented the Fort Pierce infrastructure surtax citizens oversight committee's 2024 annual report and outlined projects that city staff expect to advance with surtax and grant funds.
"In 2024, we received a total amount of sales tax revenue just over $2,900,000," Griffith said, and reported expenses of about $1,300,000. She told the commission the infrastructure account balance as of Sept. 30, 2025, is $7,773,687.92.
Griffith said the surtax program's priorities remain "better roads, better water quality, and more sidewalks." Among near-term projects she cited: Indian River Drive (Marina Way to Seaway Drive), which will use roughly $3,000,000 in surtax funds combined with grant and FPRA funds; resurfacing of Avenue D (29th Street to U.S. 1), with roughly $2,000,000 in surtax support plus state and FPRA contributions; and a Nebraska Avenue sidewalk project budgeted at about $800,000 that includes federal Transportation Alternatives grant funding.
Mark Cerhelic, city engineer, told the commission construction on Indian River Drive is imminent and that traffic routing will be limited in phases; he said some temporary closures will be required for roughly 30 days to accommodate work tied to other utilities and a December parade schedule.
Commissioners asked about community notification, construction timing and protections for stormwater and ADA ramps. Griffith said the 2025 resurfacing program began in October and is nearly complete, and that outreach including signage and advance notices will be used for the upcoming projects. She also noted the master project list and the committee's annual report are posted on the city website.
The commission did not take a separate vote on the surtax report itself; the oversight committee submitted the report "for your acceptance," and staff will proceed with planned contracting and outreach as projects move to construction.
