Construction Projects - City Wide Update
Nova Road LandscapingYou may have noticed the placement of Palm trees and other landscaping materials in the Nova Road medians. Funded by two $250,000 grants from the Florida Department of Transportation, the City of Port Orange will soon have the project completed.
The project is segmented into two sections: from Herbert Street to Village Trail and from Village Trail to US 1. Below are some photos of the landscaping.
Cambridge Basin Drainage Improvements UPDATE: April 20, 2007 Since September 2006, City funded construction projects have been underway to alleviate the flooding problems in the Cambridge Basin. To date, the City has completed the northern section of the drainage improvements with the stormwater pond behind the Shell Station at the corner of Spruce Creek Road and Nova Road, and installation of drainage pipe from Taylor Road north along Parkwood to the pond.
All the pipes and heavy equipment work occurring along Central Park Blvd. east of Spruce Creek Road is for the other two sections, Central and South. To assist with the price tag for the Cambridge Basin drainage improvements, this year the City secured over $3.1 million in grants from the state of Florida and the St. Johns River Water Management District. In addition, Port Orange was recently awarded a $1.7 million grant from the Repetitive Flood Claim grant program administered by the state and the federal government to purchase 7 homes in the basin that suffered flooding.
B-23 Canal Phase 2 - Rose Bay Restoration UPDATE: March 31, 2007 - The Phase 2 pond and Alum Feed building is complete. Located on the Harbor Oaks Baptist Church property at the southwest corner of US 1 and Farmbrook, the pond will treat the B-23 Canal stormwater before discharging into the Halifax River. Currently, the Alum Feed equipment is being installed and tested. This pond and the pond (Phase 1) located on Commonwealth Blvd. west of US 1 behind the First Turn Restaurnant are one component of the 5 Point Restoration Plan to restore the waters of Rose Bay.
For over 15 years, the residents of Rose Bay and the City have pushed for the restoration of Rose Bay, an Outstanding Florida Water. In the mid 1990s a 5-Point Restoration plan was established and along with the City, St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida Department of Transportation and the US Army Corps of Engineers partnered to cleanup the bay. A new US 1 bridge was built across the bay in 2000, Port Orange installed water and sewer lines, and Harbor Oaks and Allandale residents abandoned their septic tanks. The City took on the responsbility to cleanup the old Mosquito Control District B-23 Canal that discharged untreated water into the bay.
Beginning in 1998, Port Orange received two federal Section 319 (h)grants totaling over $815,400 to create treatment for the water that transports the oils and greases of the local roads down the B-23 Canal into Rose Bay. In 2001, the B-23 Canal Phase 1 project was completed with the construction of a treatment pond and alum feed system on Commonwealth Blvd. just west of US 1 on the old Fire Station #1 site. In addition to the pond, the site has a walkway and parking, there is a fountain feature.
When completed, the hospital will have all facilities associated with quality community hospitals; 24-hour emergency room service; an extensive radiology suite; operating room facilities and intensive units will all be available. Medical and radiation oncology, open heart surgery, trauma center treatment, and similar specialized services that require high patient volumes for both cost and clinical effectiveness will continue to be available at the Halifax Medical Center main campus.
