ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. \u2014 A $19.9 million seawall replacement project by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is scheduled to begin Monday, June 15, along State Road A1A from the Bridge of Lions to Charlotte Street.<\/p>\n
The project aims to improve and protect critical waterfront infrastructure while preserving the historic bayfront character.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The comprehensive project involves replacing the existing seawall, reconstructing the bayfront promenade and upgrading the current post-and-chain barrier to a solid 3.5-foot coquina concrete wall. It also includes the removal and reconstruction of timber pergolas, the removal of the event platform and other related improvements. <\/p>\n The initiative is a collaborative effort among FDOT, the National Park Service and the City of St. Augustine. Vecellio and Grogan, Inc. was selected as the contractor for the construction. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Traffic flow will be maintained throughout the construction period, in accordance with FDOT design standards. <\/p>\n Lane closures will not be permitted from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Residents and visitors should anticipate construction activity along the bayfront corridor. Temporary impacts to pedestrian access within parts of the project area may occur as work continues.<\/p>\n Construction is expected to end in fall 2027, provided favorable weather conditions and no unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. \u2014 A $19.9 million seawall replacement project by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,66027,347,128489,2345,28,1126,348,128488,116,351,118,117,349,128485,350,128487,128486,346,345],"class_list":["post-307650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-bridge-of-lions","tag-cbs47","tag-charlotte-street","tag-fdot","tag-florida","tag-florida-department-of-transportation","tag-fox30","tag-historic-bayfront","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-seawall-replacement","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-state-road-a1a","tag-waterfront-infrastructure","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}