JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The decision on the proposed Chick-fil-A development at the front of the North Creek subdivision was delayed for another month and a half after it was revealed that there was a revised version of the traffic study.
During Tuesday’s Land Use and Zoning Committee meeting, several council members were concerned that they hadn’t reviewed the revised version and decided to defer the vote.
The vote was first deferred in February to make way for the traffic study conducted by Chick-fil-A.
The first study was dated April 3 and is 600 pages. The revised version was dated April 1 and is 617 pages.
The number of trips the engineering firm NV5 projects is still the same: 294 in the morning peak hour, 468 during the lunchtime peak hour, and 316 during the evening peak hour.
Both studies also found that project traffic will have a nominal impact on traffic operations.
In both traffic studies, they evaluated turning lanes on Duval Station Road and Lady Lake Road. Both studies said the roads each meet the Florida Department of Transportation guidelines for a right-turn deceleration lane.
However, the revised study appears to have a line removed that was in the first study that says installation of right-turn lanes was not feasible given the spacing to adjacent intersections.
They both analyzed the need for a traffic signal.
The study conducted on April 3 found that a traffic signal wasn’t warranted with anticipated growth at the intersection of Bradley Cove Road and Duval Station Road, while the revised traffic study said the intersection does warrant a traffic signal with the anticipated growth.
Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. sent this statement:
“After receiving the revised traffic study hours before it was time to vote. I spoke with the Oceanway community which expressed to me that they needed more time to review the study, which led to me deferring the vote. It’s always my goal to do what’s best for the community.”
The next time the LUZ committee will revisit the proposed Chick-fil-A is June 4.
New4JAX also reached out to the engineering firm that did the traffic studies for clarification on their findings twice this week and is waiting for a response.
We also reached out to the city of Jacksonville to speak with a traffic engineer but haven’t heard back yet.