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New road construction is coming to multiple parts of Jacksonville, and with it some detours.
Meanwhile, AAA has bad news about gas prices, as its latest survey says COVID-19 has soured many Floridians about traveling.
First, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority conducted a virtual groundbreaking this week for its latest JTAMobilityWorks project on a Northside road.
Alta Drive between Interstate 295 and Burkit Lane will be rebuilt as part of a $38.4 million project. The existing roadway from north of I-295 to Faye Road will be rebuilt into a six-lane, divided roadway. From there to Ashgrove Road, it will be rebuilt into a four-lane divided urban section, then a five-lane section to Burkit Lane.
Eldora Wilson wishes she could turn the clock back to the 1970s. She remembers not only when ground beef was just 90 cents a pound, but when she didn t have to leave her New Town neighborhood to buy groceries.
As she recalls, everyone in her neighborhood did their grocery shopping at the Daylight Grocery store on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Kings Road, a short walk from her house on Steele Street.
Most weekends, Wilson said, the store was crowded with shoppers, many from her neighborhood. That was good, because my daddy used to go there and he had an account set up with them, Wilson said. He was a railroad man and he got paid every two weeks, and that s when he would pay on the account for the food we got. They had everything, and it was convenient for everybody.
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Time is a flat circle at the Public Service Commission. In November, almost exactly two years after Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated former Department of General Services director
Greer Gillis for a spot on the obscure three-member body that regulates public utilities, she tapped
Lorna John to replace her.
To the frustration of many working to ensure the District meets its renewable energy and sustainability goals, neither Gillis nor John have specific experience in utility regulation, ratemaking, or the energy sector. Gillis had plenty of experience in engineering, and as DGS director, oversaw construction projects. Her lack of pertinent utility experience frustrated only a handful of D.C. councilmembers and she was confirmed by an 8–5 vote in 2018.