Attorney pleas
for client's improved access

Williston City Council President Debra Jones is seen moments before tapping the gavel to start the regular twice-month meeting on Oct. 3.

Story and Photos
By Jeff M. Hardison © Oct. 4, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.
     WILLISTON – The Mayor’s Students of the Month did not attend the Oct. 3 meeting at the Williston City Council, reportedly due to illness.
     Nevertheless, the meeting was full of information and action.
     During the first hour, Mayor Charles Goodman proclaimed Oct. 26 as Central Florida Community Action Agency Day in Williston.


A woman representing the CFCAA office in Williston accepts a paper proclamation from Mayor Charles Goodman on Oct. 4

     Central Florida Community Action Agency (CFCAA) is a private, nonprofit, community-based organization whose purpose is to reduce poverty and help low-income individuals and families become self-sufficient in Alachua, Levy and Marion counties. CFCAA is committed to helping people strengthen their lives through community partnerships. The Agency serves Alachua, Levy and Marion counties and has offices in each county.
     The mayor gave a woman who he introduced as “Ms. Cross” a certificate proclaiming the day.
     She said people who are working may still be qualified for assistance. Assistance is based on income, and some people may be in the group colloquially known as “the working poor.”
     The best method is to visit her at the CFCCA office in Williston, which opened in February. There was no address listed for the office.
     One website to potentially contact the CFCCA is available at https://www.cfcaa.org/contact-us/.
     Williston City Clerk Latricia Wright said the mayor’s proclamation for CFCAA Day in Williston was sent by her with the other material to the press regarding the Oct. 3 meeting, however it was not.


Attorney Norm D. Fugate asks the City Council to improve access for his client to the client’s property. The existing easement is overgrown and other access points show more ease to create a 50-foot wide dirt road to enter the 9.5-acre tract.

Request To Relocate Easement
     The City Council members, after listening to attorney Fugate for the majority of its first hour of meeting that night, decided to have staff review the request with the city’s engineer, who is working on projects to reduce flooding in the area.
     In the next 30 to 45 days, City Council President Debra Jones said, the city anticipates being able to directly answer the request from Fugate.
     Fugate first spoke about the history of development of the property where his client is reported to be experiencing difficulty with having access to the acreage the client purchased.


Williston City Councilwoman Darfeness Hinds and City Councilman Zach Bullock listen to attorney Norm Fugate speak about easements and property.


City Council President Debra Jones, City Council Vice President Jerry Robinson (center) and City Councilman Michael Cox listen to attorney Norm Fugate speak about easements and property.

     Oak Hammock Subdivision was developed in 2004 by the former Perkins State Bank, he said. That bank was subsequently bought by Drummond Community Bank, which was relatively recently bought by Seacoast Bank.
     The developer's rights have been assigned and are now held by Stonehedge Farm South Inc. Fugate said.
     The subdivision consisted of 25 total lots, 23 smaller lots ranging from four-tenths of one acre to 1.5 acres, and two larger lots of 9.5 acres each, designated as Lots 24 and 25, Fugate said.
     It is the one of the two larger lots where access is a but of an issue, as best as can be determined from what was said on Oct. 3 during the City Council meeting.
     Lot 24 is owned by Fugate’s client. Lot 25 is owned by another person who is said to have built a fence, which stop access to Lot 24 from a point that was not established as an easement for that access, as best as can be determined from all that was said at the Oct. 3 City Council meeting.
     The fence, as best as can be determined from what was said Oct. 3, is on the property of the person who owns Lot 25.
     The two larger lots were designed for possible future re-platting into smaller lots, Fugate said. The subdivision plat included the dedication to the City of Williston a 9.42-acre parcel for drainage retention purposes, designated as “Tract B” on the plat, Fugate said.
     The Plat set forth a 50-foot easement across Tract B, to provide ingress and egress to Lot 24, Fugate said, by connecting to Bee Tree Drive and Northwest Seventh Street. Lot 24 remains undeveloped. The ingress and egress easement has never been opened for passage, he said.
     The developer, represented by attorney Fugate, is requesting that the city relocate the existing 50-foot platted easement because of physical conditions on the ground that would make opening of the easement parcel very difficult for the owner of Lot 24, Fugate said.
     Fugate showed the city leaders maps and photographs of where two different places would be preferred by the owner of Lot 24, which the city could provide as easements to Lot 24 because the city owns the land for either of those two other easements.
     Discussion Tuesday night showed the city property the attorney is seeking for a possible new easement to Lot 24 is potentially needed for the city’s own easement for existing underground pipes as well as for a future drainage project.
     City Manager Terry Boivard spoke about an option that Fugate had not considered yet. In the city manager’s proposal, the city will ask two neighboring property owners for easement to be granted to help the owner of Lot 24 have access without having to perform a major clearing project on the easement currently designated as connecting to Bee Tree Drive and Northwest Seventh Street.
     Fugate said his client is receptive to either of the two alternate locations along the north boundary of Tract B and along the
south boundary of Tract B, respectively, which Fugate had presented that night.
     As for City Manager Bovaird’s suggestion, Fugate had not spoken with his client about that because it just became known on Oct. 3, In addition, Boivard needs to speak with one of the two property owners to see if they would agree in principle to this proposal.
     Given there are verbal agreements reached to ease the easement issue for Fugate’s client, there will be a need to document the matter in writing to assure clarity as well as to record the actions for posterity, and as for future development matters such as street development, and electric, gas, water and sewer easements and the like.
     On another matter not listed on the agenda, the city manager gave an update that shows the 125 signs for golf cart roads in Williston are going to cost about $22,000; and he said his visit to Ocala to see its golf cart signage eased his concern about how it may look like golf carts use has gone wild in Williston.
 

The Chief Theatre actors state
proclamation about
National Arts & Humanities Month
Levy County Commission approve it 5-0



Blake Bianco, Brooke Bianco, Jenna Walbaum, Jacob Walbaum, Jadyn Mathis, Tristan Burr and Graham Burr find the Levy County Commission agreeing to proclaim October 2023 as National Arts & Humanities Month in Levy County. Grease is being performed at The Chief Theatre with opening night on Oct. 6. For details about the performance, look on the Leisure Page, and specific weekend performances are noted on the Community Calendar

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By Jeff M. Hardison © Oct. 3, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
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     BRONSON – Seven members of the Suwannee Valley Players Troupe from the Chief Theatre of Chiefland approached the five members of the Levy County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday morning (Oct. 3) to make a proclamation that the County Commission unanimously accepted by its 5-0 vote.

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     Blake Bianco, Brooke Bianco, Jenna Walbaum, Jacob Walbaum, Jadyn Mathis, Tristan Burr and Graham Burr came as a group to the podium to proclaim October 2023 as National Arts & Humanities Month in Levy County.
     The proclamation was approved on a motion by Commissioner John Meeks, seconded by Commissioner Rock Meeks and earning a positive vote also from Chairman Matt Brooks, Vice Chair Desiree Mills and Commissioner Tim Hodge.
      The essence of the proclamation read by the performers notes:
     ● In 1993, National Arts And Humanities Month was established with the initiative for Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and is celebrated every October in the United States of America; and
     ● Art and Humanities Month celebrates arts at local, state and national levels – encouraging individuals or organizations in diverse communities to participate in the arts;
     ● Art and Humanities Month offers opportunities for people in government entities and businesses to show their support for the arts by promoting public awareness about the role of the arts and humanities plays in communities and lives;
     ● Involvement in the arts has been shown to improve critical thinking, as well as to stimulate creativity and problem-solving skills, and benefits mental health in adults and children;
     ● Organizations such as The Chief Theatre, Levy County Quilt Museum, Cedar Key Arts Center and others where people participate in traditional arts, fine arts and performing arts throughout the region, and insure that Levy County continues to be vibrant as an artists’ community; and
     ● Therefore, on Oct. 3, the Levy County Board of County Commissioners recognize and proclaim October 2023 as National Arts & Humanities Month in Levy County.

CKS infrastructure needs are on a list

This granite marker on Cedar Key School property marks a place of memorial for Capt. Thomas Hearn (1866), Amelia Hearn (1885) and Eliza Hearn (1910). The monument notes they ‘lived here and 
supported public schools.’


As noted in one of the history books about Levy County, ‘In early 1982, the Cedar Key Islanders 4-H Club, under the supervision of Mrs. Brenda Coulter, completed and dedicated a dignified memorial to Eliza Hearn and her family east of the Cedar Key School Gymnasium. A brick border around the graveside was laid by students of the masonry class of Chiefland High School. The Cedar Key 4-H Club members, each elementary class in the Cedar Key School, the Cedar Key Historical Society, the Women’s Club, the Lions Club, and the Lioness Club contributed funds for the purchase and placement of an inscribed granite marker in loving memory of Eliza, Amelia, and Thomas Hearn.’

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By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 28, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.
     BRONSON – Levy County Superintendent of Schools Chris Cowart explained why Mike Allen of Cedar Key needed to ask the Florida Legislature via the Levy County Legislative Delegation Hearing for new portable classrooms for Cedar Key School.     Allen is one of the members of the Cedar Key School’s School Advisory Council, which is a group of volunteers who meet to address the needs of the school. There are similar councils at the other schools in Levy County.
     In responding to the short-term plan to fix holes in the portable classrooms, which are shown in pictures to have insulation falling out of the holes on the outside, Cowart said the school district has many needs and not enough dollars to cover expenses to meet those needs.
     Superintendent Cowart said there is a maintenance department for the school district. 
     The needs of the entire district must be triaged, Cowart said. There are roofing projects to stop leaks and needs for any structural repairs are treated by priority from the perspective of the whole county.
     “There is a plan,” Cowart said. “We’ve already had people out (to CKS) to inspect the buildings and to look at being able to repair them.”
     Before starting this repair, he added, there is consideration of whether to replace boards with wooden boards again or to go with “some sort of vinyl siding type” of material to replace the worn parts of the current portable classrooms, which are really more like mobile homes than like a brick and mortar type of structure.
     Cowart said damage from hurricane winds and rain, and broken air-conditioning units do change the prioritization of repairs as the construction and maintenance crews follow directions from the people who decide whether a preliminary assessment and order of priorities needs to be revised due to the urgency of the many needs from throughout the whole school district.
     Cowart said the needs of CKS have been addressed and are being addressed and will be addressed in the future, just as what is required for each school’s infrastructure is reviewed throughout Levy County.
     Cowart said some of the portable classrooms at CKS may be on Cedar Key City property versus Levy County School Board property.
     He said the School Board wants to perform due diligence and to follow building codes as well as to measure the needs for resources across the whole school district.
     “The best thing,” Cowart said, “is to have permanent buildings on campuses.”
     Cowart said the school district’s tax base appears to be “ever-eroding” rather than increasing, and the School Board is limited in how much it can charge taxpayers. Also, on the revenue side, the School Board unlike the County Commission cannot impose special assessments across-the-board for all taxpayers, including the ones with homestead exemption, or other exemptions.
     With only a certain amount of dollars available, the School Board must take care with the 1.5 mills available for capital improvements.
     “We have to live within the means of what the (Florida) Legislature appropriates for us,” Cowart said.
     Cowart said he is pleased to see school advisory committees working hand-in-hand with the school administrators, and district School Board members for the betterment of the students.


Sue Colson, who is five-feet two-inches tall, holds her hand on a line where the water level reached on a building at the intersection of C Street and Third Street in Cedar Key when Hurricane Idalia left its impact on the island. The people of Cedar Key are resilient and self-reliant as much as they can be. They recover from disasters, and they have contributed significantly to the public school on Cedar Key.


The two pictures above show the living laboratory available on the island of Cedar Key to CKS students who look at can look at erosion where it leaves land that was covered in grass after a storm. The grass-covered property can be compared side-by-side with a section of land where only concrete existed between the water and the asphalt roadway when storm forces moved sand at differing degrees on the two pieces of property adjacent to each other.


During a recent tour of the Cedar Key Food Pantry (for future reference in future stories), a pair of big military helicopters passed overhead, shaking the inside of the building. A quick exit by a journalist provided a photo of the passing airborne vehicles. Cedar Key is among the destinations for people who seek their next adventures in Levy County.

     While CKS SAC Member Allen asked the Florida Legislature for help, another member of the CKS SAC has been relatively outspoken about problems with the portable classrooms at CKS. She has said these issues existed long before the most recent hurricane affected the island. 
     Sue Colson said if the school district has a plan for repairing the portables, the SAC can help with getting wood, or even duct tape. The SAC sees children in moldy classrooms as probably being in an unhealthy environment, Colson said.
     “This has been going on for years,” Colson said. “So, there is no evidence of a short-range plan (to improve the condition of portable classrooms at CKS). Short-range ran out about two years ago. This rot is not new. It’s getting worse.”
     Colson said she would like the School Board to enunciate a long-term strategic plan for the future of CKS.
     Colson said she see Levy County as treating Cedar Key as the place to send hand-me-down equipment. 
     Colson added that if there are short- and long-term plans for CKS, then she apologizes. However, she has not heard of these plans, and that may be her fault. She just wants to bring this issue to the public’s attention even more than SAC Member Allen who asked the Florida Legislature for help.
     “Is this something where we have to go to our city, again, and ask for money and for help and labor,” Colson said, “or maybe we should just vote in the next election if anybody runs (other than candidates seeking reelection).”
     As for School Board Member Tammy Boyle, whose district includes Cedar Key, Colson is thrilled. She said School Board Member Boyle is the best member of the School Board in this district in the past 30 years.
     “She (School Board Member Boyle) has even given her own, sweat, blood, and came and physically worked and physically helped,” Colson said. “And she has tried at the School Board level to make things happen. But we continually hit a stone wall.”
     This “stone wall,” Colson concluded, is not knowing short- and long term plans for Cedar Key School, including measuring points to see if those plans are moving forward.    
     Colson said Cedar Key School is a very community-oriented school that includes the ability to provide marine science studies that are excellent, especially with its close location to the Nature Coast Biological Station owned and operated by the University of Florida.
     Cedar Key School has served countless families over the past several decades, she added. And the people of Cedar Key have given generously. The floor of the gymnasium, the air-conditioning for the gymnasium, windows in the gymnasium, a few different sets of playground equipment and other physical assets are donations to the school district from the people over the past several years, Colson said.
     She said the Cedar Key Lions Club, the Woman’s Club of Cedar Key as well as other groups and individuals have helped CKS improve its campus to make the environment more conducive to learning.
     She feels CKS is not being treated with the same degree of attention as most other schools by the Levy County School Board.


One of the sets of playground equipment donated to the Levy County School District by the people of Cedar Key for Cedar Key School is seen on the CKS campus.
 

Luis Bustamante of Chiefland
appointed as Levy County judge
Next election
of Levy County judge set for 2026

Luis Bustamante is seen moments before he was interviewed for the position in this exclusive HardisonInk.com file photo.

Story and Photo
By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 27, 2023 at 8:45 p.m.
All Rights Reserved
     CHIEFLAND – An assistant state attorney with the Eighth Judicial Circuit was appointed as the new Levy County court judge, according to a press release from the governor’s press office.
     Former Levy County Judge James T. “Tim” Browning retired on May 1.
     Today (Wednesday, Sept. 27), Gov. Ron DeSantis announced one judicial appointment to the Levy County Court. 
     Luis Bustamante, of Chiefland, is to serve as the Levy County court judge.
     Bustamante has served as an Assistant State Attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit since 2015. Previously, he served as the sole practitioner for the Law Office of Luis Bustamante.
     He earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University and his juris doctor from Florida State University. Bustamante fills the judicial vacancy created by the retirement of Judge James Browning.   
     Since the governor failed to appoint a new Levy County judge before Aug. 20, Bustamante will not have to seek election until 2026 if he wants to stay in that post, Levy County Supervisor of Elections Tammy Jones said when she explained timing of the appointment in a story previously published in HardisonInk.com, click HERE.

Inky picks a winner

Macaele Wood of Old Town holds the envelope with the certificate for two tickets to the Taste of the Nature Coast. Publisher Jeff M. Hardison met with her at Deb’s Deli in Old Town for the photo opportunity Wednesday afternoon.
Photo By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 27, 2023 at  8 p.m.
 

In the video that is visible by clicking on the still PHOTO, the selection of Macaele Wood of Old Town as the winner of two tickets to the Taste of the Nature Coast can be seen. Jeff M. Hardison appears with his hair rather uncombed due to the need to persuade the cat to pick a winner before the publisher had enjoyed some coffee this morning (Sept. 27).
Video By Sharon Hardison © Sept. 27, 2023 at 10 a.m.

By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 27, 2023 at 10 a.m.
Updated Sept. 27, 2023 at 8 p.m.
     JEMLANDS – Inky the cat Hardison selected the winner of two tickets to the Taste of the Nature Coast.
     A contest to provide a person with two tickets to the Taste of the Nature Coast has concluded with the selection of Macaele Wood of Old Town.
     Inky the cat Hardison, mascot of HardisonInk.com, looked at pieces of paper with the participants' names on them and she selected the winner.
     The winner has been contacted and the certificate is scheduled for presentation to her later today (Wednesday, Sept. 27). The winner is Macaele Wood of Old Town.
     This contest is a means to help the Tri-County Community Resource Center sell tickets to this event, which the TCCRC uses as a major annual fundraiser.
     The Taste of the Nature Coast is scheduled to be Nov. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Suwannee River Livestock Pavilion in the City of Fanning Springs.
     Chefs from throughout the Tri-County Area are bringing samples of their culinary talent for people to taste.
     Advance tickets cost $30 each in advance. They can only be purchased online by clicking HERE.
     On the day of the Taste of the Nature Coast event, a limited number of tickets may be purchased for $35 at the door.
     The Chiefland-based band named Middle Ground is scheduled to provide live music. There will be tables for people to sit and enjoy the foods they choose to taste.
     This is not a fancy-schmancy sit-down and have meals delivered event.
     The 2023 Taste of the Nature Coast not only raises funds to help the worthwhile Tri-County Community Resource Center, which is reason enough to buy a $30 ticket in advance, but the ticketholders enjoy the chance to taste various items available from restaurants in the area as well as to hear music performed by a local band.
     The ads and dates for the ads placed are on the Police Page in a graphic display.

Benign item found
in Gilchrist courthouse parking lot
No danger at all
By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 26, 2023 at 1:45 p.m.
     TRENTON -- Social media was all a-twitter with commentary by the people today (Tuesday, Sept. 26), however a press release at 1:25 p.m. today showed all is well in Trenton, at least as far as suspicious items.
     At around 10:15 a.m., deputies with the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office learned of a suspicious item in the courthouse parking lot, the GCSO noted in a press release.
     A courthouse GCSO deputy and a Trenton Department of Safety Officer investigated and located the suspicious item, the GCSO said.
     Witness statements reflected that the item may be harmful, the GCSO said. A perimeter was established and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb squad was called to determine if the item was a threat, the GCSO said.
     The ACSO Bomb Squad arrived and expanded the perimeter to assure the safety of the public during its investigation.
     There was a temporary closure of one section of U.S. Highway 129 (Main Street in Trenton), the GCSO said.
     Just before 1 p.m., it was determined there was no threat, the GCSO said.
     Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz noted his appreciation for everyone who showed their patience during this event.
     Sheriff Schultz also said he is thankful for all of the individuals with the agencies that assisted with handling this matter safely and efficiently, including the GCSO, the Trenton Department of Public Safety, Gilchrist County Fire Rescue, the Florida Department of Agriculture, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Florida Department of Transportation, and especially ASO Bomb Squad – as well as other agencies perhaps not noted.

Disaster Recovery Centers
in Levy County schedule change
Information Provided
By Federal Emergency Management Agency
Published Sept. 23, 2023 at 11:15 a.m.
     LAKE MARY – On Sunday, Sept. 24, both centers in Levy County will be closed.
     Beginning Monday, Sept. 25 they will have a new schedule.
     The two centers are:
     Inglis Community Center, 137 W. Levy County Road 40 in Inglis; and
     Cedar Key Fire Station (parking lot), 489 First St. in Cedar Key.
     The new hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and they will be closed Sundays.
     Disaster Recovery Centers provide disaster survivors with information from Florida state agencies, FEMA and the United States Small Business Administration. Survivors can get help applying for federal assistance and disaster loans, update applications and learn about other resources available.
     There are several centers open in the area impacted by Hurricane Idalia. You do not have to go to a center in your county, you can visit any open center. To find a center close to you, go online to: DRC Locator or floridadisaster.org, or you can text DRC along with your Zip Code to 43362.
     It is not necessary to visit a center. Survivors can apply online at disasterassistance.gov, use the FEMA mobile app or call 800-621-3362. The line is open every day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service, such as video relay (VRS), captioned telephone or other service, give FEMA your number for that service. To view an accessible video about how to apply visit: Three Ways to Register for FEMA Disaster Assistance - YouTube.

Disaster Recovery Center
in Gilchrist County moves
Information Provided
By Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Published Sept. 20, 2023 at 7 a.m.
     LAKE MARY – The Disaster recovery center at the Gilchrist County Library, 105 N.E. 11th St. in Trenton closed at the end of the day Sept. 19.
     The new location - Bell Community Center 1219 N. Main St., in Bell, opens today, (Wednesday, Sept. 20) and will be open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
     Regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
     Disaster Recovery Centers provide disaster survivors with information from Florida state agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Small Business Administration.
     Survivors can get help applying for federal assistance and disaster loans, update applications and learn about other resources available.

FDEM offers sheltering assistance for
residents impacted by Hurricane Idalia
Information Provided
By Fla. Div. of Emergency Management
Published Sept. 18, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.
     TALLAHASSEE – Today (Monday, Sept. 15), the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) announced the launch of https://www.floridarecovers.org/ to provide temporary sheltering assistance to Floridians impacted by Hurricane Idalia.
     Thanks to the hard work of the State Emergency Response Team, the FDEM launched the state-led sheltering assistance program, FDEM Executive Director Kevin Guthrie said. The governor is said to be in support of this effort.
     Florida's state-led sheltering program is available through this website in partnership with the American Red Cross. The program provides temporary sheltering options — such as travel trailers and hotel rooms — for people in households whose needs are not met through insurance or FEMA's Individual Assistance program.
     Individuals in need of State sheltering assistance must register for FEMA Individual Assistance before completing an application. Hurricane Idalia survivors can apply for FEMA assistance and continuously update their applications by visiting https://www.disasterassistance.gov/, or by calling 800-621-3362, or by visiting one of more than 17 open Disaster Recovery Centers.

FEMA Keeps Working

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mobile Communications Operations Vehicle sits on School Street in front of the Levy County Government Center on Tuesday (Sept. 19). FEMA personnel manned tables on the sidewalk there helping people register for help from the United States government after Hurricane Idalia caused people to suffer property damages and monetary losses from having to evacuate to motels and the like.


Gregory O’Reilly of FEMA Intergovernmental Affairs (left) speaks with Levy County Commission Chairman Matt Brooks on Sept. 19 and lets the chairman know that he is there as a liaison between this federal agency and Levy County, and other state and county governmental entities.
Photos By Jeff M. Hardison © Sept. 20, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.
All Rights Reserved

FDOT to begin resurfacing project
on State Road 500 next week
Information Provided
By FDOT
Published Sept. 21, 2023 at 8:30 p.m.
     BRONSON – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced on Sept. 21 that construction is scheduled to begin next week on a resurfacing project along more than five miles of State Road 500 (aka Hathaway Avenue and U.S. Alt. 27) from Wilson Avenue in Bronson to east of 147th Court. 
     The resurfacing project will include the removal and replacement of the upper layers of asphalt, drainage improvements, new highway signage and painting of line stripes, as well as driveway rehabilitation at various locations throughout the project.
     Traffic will be maintained in accordance with FDOT standards. Drivers can expect lane closures and flagging operations during off-peak hours seven days a week.
     The FDOT awarded Anderson Columbia Construction Inc. the contract to complete this $12.5 million project by the spring of 2024, weather and unforeseen circumstances permitting.
 

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