Beware the construction on 30A near Butler...

It's going to take a while to pick up kids with all the construction going on between 98 and Butler on 30A. Great time of year to do road construction there......give yourself extra time, took me half an hour waiting to get to the school.

Thank you for posting this. I wish I had known this morning. I also got caught in a mess at about 9:45. Cars backed up on both sides....and I counted 18 dump trucks in a line from 98 all the way to Flamingo Village and dirt flying everywhere. Looks like they are tearing the road up then coming behind putting down new asphalt. You might want to take a detour if you are not going to Butler.

We noticed everything yesterday. I'm curious as to why they are resurfacing that section of 30A? There are other areas in much greater need, but perhaps public works is waiting to hit Seagrove and Seaside during 4th of July?

Is there a reason WHY they did not do this in the OFF SEASON???? :idontno::roll: I will no longer travel senic 30-A, because it is a nightmare right now. How horrible for the spring breakers and tourists. This will not be good for our reputation and will leave a bad impression IMHO

And then there are those who live right there. Holding my breath and heading through there in just a minute to go home. Hope they're gone by now. I was told by a guy being held up by a sign 🙂sarc: :lol:) that they were only resurfacing as far as the Tom Thumb. If that's the case, they should be done in a day or so.

Ya'll be careful out there--the construction guy sent my DIL and three others down the wrong lane today! She told him that he was sending her down the closed lane;, he insisted that she go "you're holding up traffic"...she gets to the next construction guy who yells at her for going down the closed lane!

And these are the same people who want to park all their construction vehicles and equipment at the school!

I was questioning the wisdom of the whole project while I was waiting at a standstill to pick up kiddies at Butler. But I'm impressed with how much progress they made and it looks like they will be done soon. That said, I didn't think it was in bad shape at all to warrant the work.

Are they just resurfacing that stretch? It wasn't that bad to begin with. :bang::bang:

They should put the $$$ into making the bike path larger and safer! :wave:

They should put the $$$ into making the bike path larger and safer! :wave:

Would that we could. This was federal stimulus bucks for the resurfacing project. Not a lot of local say in how it was to be spent.

Would that we could. This was federal stimulus bucks for the resurfacing project. Not a lot of local say in how it was to be spent.

Really I thought Florida showed how fiscally conservative they were and refused it?

The width of teh new surface is about 6" shorter than the previous surface. I am very concerned about bikes falling off that edge and into traffic. It's a good 3/4" to 1" drop in places.

And they did stop at Tom Thumb.

Update on edge of road

My Wife just came through this area and it looks like they are doing something along the edge of the road to smooth it and taper it to repair the edge they had. She thinks they may be widening it a bit also. Sounds like good news.

Really I thought Florida showed how fiscally conservative they were and refused it?

Nope; and the new Redfish Lake bridge is also being done with stimulus bucks.

anyone know why this was done before Chat Holly?

anyone know why this was done before Chat Holly?

If it's anything like Tallahassee that section of road has more affluent voters. ;-)

If it's anything like Tallahassee that section of road has more affluent voters. ;-)

:shock:duh, what was I thinking...

anyone know why this was done before Chat Holly?

Because, like North Lake said, it is funded by stimulus money which means it was a "shovel ready" project. There are time restriction on the money and it had to be done now. The contract was actually issued I believe in January. The contractor decided to start it now.

They are still working on plans and engineering on Chat Holly. They are trying to put in a multi-use path along the road, and there are some ROW issue along with money issues.

Because, like North Lake said, it is funded by stimulus money which means it was a "shovel ready" project. There are time restriction on the money and it had to be done now. The contract was actually issued I believe in January. The contractor decided to start it now.

They are still working on plans and engineering on Chat Holly. They are trying to put in a multi-use path along the road, and there are some ROW issue along with money issues.

Thank you.

I stopped using 30-A the morning I saw all the equipment being assembled. Maybe the people in charge had to wait to start because the weather had been so crappy?