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1. Know your alternative routes Road construction and traffic accidents can make driving a nightmare, especially if your route is an interstate highway with the number 95 in it. 2. Speaking of driving It can be tough to learn your way around this sprawling city, which is the largest by area in the lower 48. Think of GPS as your new best friend. 3. Speaking of roads 4. Speaking of boulevards If someone says your destination is on University Boulevard, insist on more information. University Boulevard has a “North,” a “South” and a “West.” There is no such thing as “University Boul...

A UPS driver in Jacksonville proved to be a good Samaritan to a South Carolina family involved in a road incident this month on their way home from a Florida vacation. When a rogue tire struck their car while crossing the Dames Point bridge, the Aughtry family made it to a gas station at the next exit, met with the Florida Highway Patrol and began waiting for a tow truck. Because the vehicle was making troubling sounds, they didn't think it was drivable.  When UPS driver Charles Wilson stopped at the gas station on his way home from work, he noticed the family’s dilemma and offered help...

The South Carolina-based company plans to build a $47 million cold-storage warehouse near Blount Island. 

As Jacksonville eyes doubling its gas tax, residents are still waiting to see construction completed on major road work promised when City Council extended that same gas tax in 2014. Most of the work on that list has either been done or is under way, but the Jacksonville Transportation Authority expects it will be 2024 before all the construction wraps up by closing out the final project in the northern end of San Pablo Road. The original scope called for about $100 million of work but those estimates proved to be outdated and the tab has risen to around $167 million, which include...

02:08 PM EST Share The five-year property tax reimbursement would support the company’s proposed $47.3 million investment in North Jacksonville. By Mike Mendenhall and Karen Brune Mathis A $1.1 million tax incentive for a proposed FlexCold processing and distribution facility near the Blount Island Marine Terminal in North Jacksonville is headed to City Council. The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted 5-0 on March 8 to file legislation that includes a five-year Recapture Enhanced Value Grant that is part of the economic development agreement. According to records from th...