The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) tasked the General Planning Consultant to generate a corridor management plan for Detroit Boulevard/Johnson Avenue, which was approved in April 2018. Under the plan, staff collected traffic, land use, environmental, and economic data for the area surrounding the Detroit Boulevard/Johnson Avenue corridor, to address short-term and long-term improvements for the subject corridor in efforts to provide a better, safer environment.
One of the recommended improvements of the plan was to improve the level of service for the intersection of Johnson Avenue and Cody Lane by installing a new traffic signal with an eastbound right turn lane. The turning volume, split between eastbound left and eastbound right turns, causes a significant queue at peak times that often prohibits drivers from accessing the intersection to turn right. Acquisition of the subject property will provide the space needed to install the eastbound right turn lane and any stormwater runoff.
The property was recently listed for sale at $79,000; however, the owners have agreed to sell the property for the appraised value of $69,500.
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