Following protests by a city resident, St. Augustine City Manager John Regan said he s moving forward with fresh efforts to make safety changes at a dangerous traffic curve.
Bruce Bates, of Anastasia Island, wants safety improvements on Anastasia Boulevard along what he calls dead man s curve, the stretch that includes Red Cox Drive, Old Quarry Road and Anastasia Park Road.
Bates launched a website, deadmanscurve.us, and a petition about the matter, and he spoke during public comment at Monday s Commission meeting.
Regan said the city has been working on the issue for years, and part of the issue is that some fatalities have involved drugs or alcohol so they re not counted in methodologies that can lead to change.
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A champion of government for the people, City announces death of former mayor George Gardner
Melissa Wissel, Communications Director for the City of St Augustine, informed local Historic City News reporters that
former mayor, George M Gardner, died yesterday, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Gardner would have turned 84-years-old next month on May 23rd. Flags at City Hall will be lowered to half-staff to honor the life of this mayor of the people, on a date to be determined. George Gardner came into office as mayor and served the citizens from 2002 until 2006. He concluded his six-years in elected office at the City of St Augustine as a commissioner from 2006 until 2008.
In addition to his accomplishments as mayor, Gardner also established the popular newsletter The St. Augustine Report.
Credit: City of St. Augustine Author: Matthew Copeland (WTLV) Updated: 4:57 PM EDT April 7, 2021
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Former St. Augustine mayor and city commissioner George Gardner died Tuesday. He was 83.
Gardner began his term as mayor in 2002 and served through in 2004 before serving as a City Commissioner until 2006, according to current Mayor Tracy Upchurch.
Before serving in the public sector, Gardner and his wife owned a toy shop on Charlotte Street and even lived above the shop, according to Upchurch. This gave George a profoundly empathetic understanding between the needs of the tourism business community and the needs of residents, Upchurch said in his statement. It also provided an appreciation for both the joys, as well as the challenges, of living downtown.
The Nation’s Oldest City knows all too well the havoc that flooding and sea level rise.
The city of St. Augustine offered backup to the Speaker of the Florida House last week on resiliency legislation.
Mayor
Chris Sprowls supporting his proposal to create a
Resilient Florida Trust Fund. An official proclamation to this effect will follow reflecting the backing of local commissioners.
For St. Augustine, the stakes are as high as the floodwaters can get.
The House is looking to budget $25 million next fiscal year and establish a program to help local governments cover costs of addressing flooding and sea level rise. The plan, which would set up the Resilient Florida Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection, calls for funding to jump to $100 million annually starting in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.