Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority are talking to City Council about a gas tax increase for a $930 million list of projects.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.10.21
Good Wednesday morning:
Donald Trump over Joe Biden by a couple of points on Election Day, and not much has changed in the four months since, according to new polling from Mason-Dixon.
The pollster didnât put the former President head-to-head with his successor, but it did find that Bidenâs job approval rating is underwater, with 47% of voters approving and 49% disapproving. The balance is undecided.
Floridians still prefer Donald Trump to Joe Biden, a new survey finds.
Biden does hold a dominant plus-77 approval rating among Black voters and enjoys a plus-12 among Hispanic voters, but White voters are decidedly not fans, handing him a minus-21. Women and South Florida residents were also on his side, too, though men and voters from every other region are nonplussed.
JTA partners with zTrip for discounted rides to get COVID-19 vaccines
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The state-run site at the Regency Square Mall on Sunday offered appointment-free COVID-19 vaccine shots. (WJXT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and zTrip launched a new discounted transportation option for trips to COVID-19 vaccination sites in Jacksonville.
Through this partnership, zTrip will provide rides to COVID-19 vaccination sites for a flat $5 rate for trips up to three miles, a discount of about 17% off the normal fare.
“By working with our private sector partners, we are once again offering a unique solution for those who need to get to their local vaccination sites,” said JTA CEO Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. “Our goal is to ensure anyone who is eligible to receive a vaccine has safe, clean and reliable transportation options to do so.”
06:25 PM EST Share The for-sale residential project was meant to complement the city’s plans to build Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park in the historic Downtown neighborhood.
The Vestcor Companies Inc. has abandoned plans to build town houses in LaVilla, but the project could gain a familiar new developer.
Documents released March 5 by the Downtown Investment Authority state Vestcor will not proceed with the 88 for-sale town houses it planned for the Downtown community, but a partnership of JWB Real Estate Capital and Corner Lot Development is interested in the site.
The city narrowly selected Vestcor for the project over JWB and Corner Lot in 2019.
Hundreds of people trickled in-and-out of the new Gateway Mall COVID-19 vaccination site on Wednesday, the first day it was up and running. For hours, the venue operated with little to no line. Then, 6 p.m. rolled around. Everything changed.
Following a flurry of misinformation on social media posts and by word of mouth, a line formed, hundreds deep at the federally run vaccine site at one point, almost reaching the plaza s Winn-Dixie grocery store, nearly 600 feet away.
Masked up, a line of Jaxsons waited under the glow of the plaza s blue neon light, hoping for a chance inside the pop-up white tents and a stroke of good luck. But it didn t totally pan out.