The path to getting sidewalks on San Juan Drive took another step forward, as Ponte Vedra Municipal Service District trustee Brad Wester informed the board that the town hall meeting May 23 went well during the June 12 MSD meeting.
According to Wester, leaving the meeting, it was apparent to commissioner Krista Joseph how much the project needed to be taken care of and continued on its current course.
Although the MSD is expected to be stewards of the project once it is approved, the county appears on board to help fund the project, including the possibility of funding the construction portion of the project entirely, while the MSD pays for the design aspects and perhaps the initial contracting.
“The county is committed to helping fund the project,” Wester said. “We will continue to lobby them to fund the whole thing. We’ve got a commissioner that’s really looking out for us, which is fortunate because I think they’ve paid enough.”
According to Wester, residents have had to chip in to help pay for sidewalk projects in the past, such as the one that took place on Ponte Vedra Boulevard, where the residents covered a portion of the cost along with the MSD and the county.
In other news from the meeting, trustee Charles Callaghan informed the board that he is in the midst of doing a survey of the light poles in the district to see which ones need to be painted.
He is also working with the school system to confirm the bus route schedule for Landrum Middle School to make sure the areas designated for bus pickup are well lit to ensure extra lighting is added if needed to improve visibility and safety as it is still dark during the early morning hours in the fall and winter.
Trustee Mickey White is continuing to push for answers and an eventual solution to the drainage and flooding issues encountered by residents, especially on Ponte Vedra Boulevard San Juan Drive.
He has reached out to county engineer Duane Kent in his search for answers, while another one of his searches will include creating a map of certain narrow roads in the MSD that could benefit from “no parking” signs.
White hopes to have his findings at the next meeting, which is Jul 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ponte Vedra Beach Public Library.
