- April 25, 2024
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Palm Coast’s five-year master plan for developing sidewalks throughout town will slow down because of a lack of federal funding, City Manager Jim Landon said at the Nov. 15 City Council meeting.
City Councilman Frank Meeker said he has had a lot of discussions with residents asking when sidewalks would be built in their area.
In September, a 15-year-old bicyclist was hit and killed on Seminole Woods Parkway. That sparked a petition asking for a path and lights on the road.
The city currently has approximately 100 miles of paths and trails, and has spent about $10 million, according to Landon.
When Landon and city staff initially developed the master plan about three years ago, the first priority was to tie up the dead ends of paths within the city. The second priority was to create connectivity from residential neighborhoods to schools, parks and shopping centers.
Landon also said the ultimate goal is to have a sidewalk on every street that does not have residential driveway connections on them.
“That’s what our progress has been toward,” Landon said at last week's meeting.
Roads like Royal Palms and Rymire fit that description and have sidewalks. Seminole Woods Parkway also fits that description, but doesn’t have a sidewalk yet.
Two months ago, Landon said the Seminole Woods path was approved by the state, but has no funding.
“We have made a great deal of progess, and still have projects on the drawing board that should’ve been started already,” Landon said. “We’re a little bit behind.”
