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Adams Street, along with Forsyth Street, will soon become a two-way street. | Google

Adams and Forsyth will soon become 2-way streets again

Published on February 11, 2025 at 1:13 pm
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Adams and Forsyth streets in Downtown Jacksonville will begin resurfacing as soon as this week, a step toward returning the two one-way thoroughfares to two-way traffic.

Two-way travel will have many benefits, the city says: economic growth, more retail business, higher property values, walkability, pedestrian safety and more efficient use of on-street parking and rideshare services.

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Resurfacing could begin as early as the week on Adams and Forsyth streets. | City of Jacksonville

The two-way traffic is expected to return over the summer.

The resurfacing on Adams and Forsyth will run four blocks east of Main Street to Liberty Street and seven blocks west to Jefferson Street. 

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The resurfacing work includes two-way conversions, signals, striping, sidewalk expansion and parking kiosks. The work will be followed by sidewalk widening, tree planting and enhanced streetscapes, the Downtown Investment Authority says.

Money for the project comes from dedicated tax increment funding from the DIA.


author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.

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