Save The William Bartram Trail State Scenic Highway

The Issue

Rivertown Development will severely impact traffic flow onto the Bartram Trail Scenic Highway (S.R. 13) in Northwest St. Johns County, Florida, and will dramatically increase congestion along this unique and beautiful roadway. This will overload the highway with slow travel from school buses and commuters, congestion that eventually will result in a widened 4-lane road, with traffic signals and commercial property beside the heavily wooded state Scenic Highway. Rivertown Proposals along a 4-mile part of S.R. 13, include:  5 traffic "Roundabouts", 19 road intersections from the development onto S.R. 13, schools within 100 yards of S.R. 13, and a 250-slip marina in the St. Johns River. All of these combined will bring unprecedented vehicle congestion to a Scenic Highway that already is overloaded, easily proven by driving the road any weekday morning or afternoon. Traffic flow from Rivertown should be minimal onto S.R. 13, instead moving vehicles east, south and northeast to larger 4-lane roads that feed larger roads and Interstate Highways. Increased traffic onto S.R. 13 from Rivetown development also will dangerously impact hurricane evacuation for current residents living along this Scenic Highway who have no other way to evacuate should a severe storm like Hurricane Matthew make a direct high hit on the area.

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The Issue

Rivertown Development will severely impact traffic flow onto the Bartram Trail Scenic Highway (S.R. 13) in Northwest St. Johns County, Florida, and will dramatically increase congestion along this unique and beautiful roadway. This will overload the highway with slow travel from school buses and commuters, congestion that eventually will result in a widened 4-lane road, with traffic signals and commercial property beside the heavily wooded state Scenic Highway. Rivertown Proposals along a 4-mile part of S.R. 13, include:  5 traffic "Roundabouts", 19 road intersections from the development onto S.R. 13, schools within 100 yards of S.R. 13, and a 250-slip marina in the St. Johns River. All of these combined will bring unprecedented vehicle congestion to a Scenic Highway that already is overloaded, easily proven by driving the road any weekday morning or afternoon. Traffic flow from Rivertown should be minimal onto S.R. 13, instead moving vehicles east, south and northeast to larger 4-lane roads that feed larger roads and Interstate Highways. Increased traffic onto S.R. 13 from Rivetown development also will dangerously impact hurricane evacuation for current residents living along this Scenic Highway who have no other way to evacuate should a severe storm like Hurricane Matthew make a direct high hit on the area.

The Decision Makers

James K. Johns
James K. Johns
Chair, St. Johns County Commission, District 1
Henry Dean
Henry Dean
St. Johns County Commision, Vice Chair District 5
Jeb Smith
Jeb Smith
St. Johns County Commision, District 2
Gov. Rick Scott
Gov. Rick Scott
Gov. Florida
Congressman John Rutherford
Congressman John Rutherford
U.S. Congressman, Fla. 4th District
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Petition created on December 21, 2016