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<\/p>\nFlour Bluff Drive is set for its biggest upgrade in years, and residents say it can’t come soon enough.<\/p>\n
The 2.5-mile stretch from Don Patricio to Yorktown has long faced traffic, lighting,sidewalk and drainage problems. Voters approved improvements in 2022 as part of a $125 million bond package.<\/p>\n
The plan includes a walking path along the entire corridor. The busiest stretch, from Don Patricio to Grand Canal, would expand to 5 lanes.<\/p>\n
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JACOB DANIELS<\/p>\n
Right now, families walk near traffic because there are no sidewalks. JT Gragg, a Flour Bluff resident who lives right off the busy street, said the changes are long overdue.<\/p>\n
“I have a boy, 4 years old, so for him being in school pretty soon, that’d be a good thing to make sure he’s, um, taken care of as he gets older to walk to and from school and stuff,” Gragg said.<\/p>\n
Drainage is another concern for businesses along the corridor. Marty Benge, owner of Choice Marine LLC, which sits right off Flour Bluff Drive, said standing water is a persistent problem.<\/p>\n
“These ditches alongside here, they fill up with water. They fill up with water and hold mosquitoes,” Benge said.<\/p>\n
Benge acknowledged the project will bring some disruption but said the long-term benefits outweigh the short-term costs.<\/p>\n
“I know it’s gonna affect some business. I, I know it does, but they will keep the roads open for access to the businesses, but it’s growth, it’s expansion. There’s, there’s not a week go by. I don’t see a U-Haul truck coming in here, going to one of these new homes being built,” Benge said.<\/p>\n
For a community that’s growing, some neighbors and businesses say the road needs to grow with it.<\/p>\n
“It’s Flour Bluff, the old Flour Bluff’s changing. It’s changing. We hate to see it go away in some aspects, but it’s growth. It’s going to happen,” Benge said.<\/p>\n
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