JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —
Dozens of northeast Florida schools will soon get safety upgrades to school zones to protect students.
The Florida Department of Transportation began a districtwide school zone safety improvement project this week.
As part of the $1.5 million project, FDOT District 2 will upgrade 141 school zones in 13 counties.
FDOT stated the project is part of a statewide effort to improve school zone safety in response to House Bill 493 which passed in 2017.
Improvements include new high-visibility markings and school zone signage and, in some locations, flashing beacons.
FDOT stated upgrades at each school zone are expected to take less than a day to complete, and there should be minimal traffic impacts during construction.
The agency hopes construction will be done by summer 2021.
These are the counties included in the project:
- Alachua, six school zones.
- Baker, one school zone.
- Bradford, three school zones.
- Clay, 15 school zones.
- Columbia, six school zones.
- Duval, 67 school zones.
- Gilchrist, one school zone.
- Levy, three school zones.
- Nassau, 10 school zones.
- Putnam, 13 school zones.
- St Johns, nine school zones.
- Suwannee, three school zones.
- Taylor, four school zones.
Check out a county-by-county breakdown of the schools that will benefit from the project.
FDOT School Zone List by ActionNewsJax on Scribd
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