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NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Building the First Coast’s Roads

By Megan Mallicoat
Published on March 7, 2025 at 12:39 pm
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Our Number of the Week is the amount of money paid to date for the ongoing state road and bridge projects in Duval County: more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars.

$772,245,200.67

The Florida Department of Transportation lists 43 active contracts in Duval County. They cover everything from road resurfacing to bridge construction, and they’re at various stages in the process. The oldest active project, the I-95/I-295 North interchange, began a whopping nine years ago. So far, it’s cost more than $191 million. (That is over budget). The FDOT expects to wrap up that project next month.

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In St. Johns County, the FDOT has eight active contracts. The department has so far paid out almost $240 million on contracts worth a total of almost $1 billion.

Clay County has seven active contracts, Nassau has three, and Baker and Putnam counties each have two.

author image Reporter email Megan Mallicoat is a Jacksonville Today reporter focusing on education. Her professional experience includes teaching at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, as well as editing, communications management, web design, and graphic design. She has a doctorate in mass communication with an emphasis in social psychology from UF. In her "free time," you'll most likely find her on the sidelines of some kind of kids’ sports practice, holding a book.

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