A permanent urban style pedestrian signal system with push buttons, traffic equipment, and infrastructure that clearly tells a very different story.

This is exactly why trust has broken down in this process.

If residents cannot even get straight answers about something as visible and immediate as an electrical pole and pedestrian signal at the corner of Loretto and Manadarin Road , how are we expected to trust assurances about a proposed 2.3 mile sidewalk expansion through one of Jacksonville’s most historic and environmentally sensitive corridors?

And when officials now say “the trees will not come down,” how can the public reasonably be expected to simply accept those assurances at face value?

Trust is earned through transparency and consistency. Right now, many residents feel they are being told one thing while watching something entirely different happen in real time.

Nearly 4,000 citizens have signed the petition because confidence in this process continues to erode.