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Petition Update Post 

Dear Supporters,

The proposed Mandarin Road sidewalk project was funded with federal taxpayer dollars—but no one has seen any environmental studies, traffic analysis, or justification for tearing through a  designated scenic corridor.

How was this project approved so easily? We believe it was pushed through by securing a Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)—a loophole that allows a project to move forward without full environmental review.

Now it’s time to act.

👉 File a FOIA Request to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today.

We’re asking the FTA to release:

A complete copy of the grant application submitted by JTA or the City of Jacksonville for the Mandarin Road sidewalk project.FOIA Request-Records Related to FAIN 1085-2023-3, Mandarin Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements, Jacksonville, Fl
All documents submitted to justify a Categorical Exclusion under NEPA, including checklists, attachments, internal memos, maps, letters of support, and decision logs.
Any environmental assessments or engineering evaluations provided with the application.
Any communications between the FTA and JTA or the City of Jacksonville from January 2017 to present regarding the project.

📬 Send your FOIA request to: FTA.FOIA@dot.gov

✉️ Subject line: FOIA Request – Mandarin Road Sidewalk Project – Jacksonville, FLFOIA Request-Records Related to FAIN 1085-2023-3, Mandarin Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements, Jacksonville, Fl

⏳ It takes 5 minutes to send this request—but if hundreds of us do it, the pressure becomes impossible to ignore. The federal government cannot grant exemptions without accountability.

Let’s make them prove what they approved.

Together, we can stop this destruction before it begins.