Jacksonville travel delays hit Riverside Avenue. at Lomax Street

We all have road projects to deal with to and from home, like the interstate extensions to the Buckman and Fuller-Warren bridges.

But sometimes roadworks follow you home. And that’s exactly what’s happening in Riverside right now.

A reader asked what was going on on Riverside Avenue and Lomax Street.

“It’s all torn, it’s closed for quite a while,” commented the reader.

It’s not street work, not really. It is a JEA project to replace a defective sewer manhole and adjacent sewer pipes, which began in mid-April and is expected to be completed by the end of July.

More: FDOT assures readers that working on the Philips Highway won’t take forever

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The work lasts from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The replacement sewers and manhole at the intersection are complete, and the final paving was done last week as some parts of the streets were temporarily closed, JEA said.

This project was necessary to increase the reliability of the sewer system that supplies the area, since “failures in sewer lines and manholes can lead to sewage congestion, environmental damage and road problems,” JEA said.

Traffic had to reroute some narrow streets nearby to avoid the construction work. May and Oak Streets are sometimes slow at rush hour and during lunchtime you can drive to and from the nearby Five Points.

And here’s a warning – a recent redesign of the Five Points intersection now means Lomax Street is a way to get out of the business district. This contributed to some of the diversion congestion. There are also angled parking spaces along the one-way street from Lomax and some wider curbs for traffic calming.

Update on Butler Boulevard. Exchange improvements

Other commuters had months of construction to build a diverging diamond hub on San Pablo Road and Butler Boulevard. But the FDOT says the end is near – at least for part of it.

Traffic has recently been relocated to the newly built lanes south of the existing lanes on the driveway from Butler Boulevard east to San Pablo Road.

Weather or other issues aside, the rest of the divergent diamond traffic at this very busy intersection should be completed by spring 2022, FDOT said.

On road: The many facets of a diverging diamond

Connected: Opening of the first divergent diamond cross in the Jacksonville area

Jacksonville motorists rank 19th on the national report

Agree or Disagree – an annual Best and Worst Drivers by City report from QuoteWizard claims Jacksonville’s drivers are ranked 19th among the best drivers in the nation.

How did the online insurance marketplace study come to this decision, which ranks the 70 best and worst cities in the country with the best driving experience? It ranks Jacksonville 15th out of 70 cities for accidents and 52nd for drunk driving incidents. It ranks 60th for speeding and 58th for citations.

QuoteWizard analyzed data from 2 million car insurance offers from drivers in the top 70 cities in the country and assessed the accidents, speeding, DUIs and red light notices and the like. They calculated the numbers to determine the overall quality of the drivers and created a composite ranking of the total incidents. The full study is at bit.ly/2Uagzit.

For the curious, Omaha, Neb., Were the five worst cities in that order; Riverside and Bakersfield, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Richmond, Virginia. The top five were Birmingham, Ala .; St. Louis; Little Rock, Ark .; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tenn.

Happy birthday to the Acosta Bridge

Finally, happy 100th birthday of a crucial period in downtown Jacksonville – the Acosta Bridge.

The first car and pedestrian bridge over the St. Johns River opened on July 1, 1921.

Do you have questions about road projects in your area? Email reporter Dan Scanlan at dscanlan@jacksonville.com.

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