Proposed collector designations for Orange Avenue and Circus Boulevard
Summary
Commissioner Ahearn-Koch flagged that the proposed thoroughfare plan restores streets removed in 2017 — including Orange Avenue and Circus Boulevard — as collectors, which she warned would upset residents already battling cut-through traffic. Staff said designation requires FDOT action and could unlock funding, but acknowledged outreach wasn't targeted to affected neighborhoods.
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Impact analysis
Collector classification could open federal grant dollars and multimodal impact fee funds for those corridors.
The city gains funding and design flexibility for those roads; drivers get a defined network.
Orange Avenue and Circus Boulevard neighborhood residents already frustrated by cut-through traffic were not specifically alerted to the proposed change.
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