- April 18, 2024
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More speed tables are coming to some residential streets in Ormond Beach.
In June 2020, city staff initiated a traffic calming program to address citizen concerns about the number of cars speeding through neighborhood streets, a city memo states The program was implemented through the purchase of nine speed tables in June 2021. Speed tables were installed at Hernandez Avenue and Fleming Avenue, and Public Works Director Shawn Finley said Dix Avenue and Neptune Avenue are next on the list. Radar feedback signs were also installed last week on North Halifax Drive and Division Avenue.
The first nine speed tables cost the city $24,195, and the purchase of nine more — to be voted on by the Commission on Wednesday, Sept. 22 — would allow for these devices to be installed in other residential streets, such as Highland Avenue.
The total cost of the speed tables, if approved, will total $48,517.20. The city budgeted $66,000 for the program in its 2020-2021 budget.
The Volusia County Council and Volusia County School Board have begun the 2021 redistricting process, as both government entities have received the new population data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
According to a press release, the five districts represented by members of the County Council and School Board are redrawn every 10 years based on population. Community input is important, and once maps are proposed, residents may share comments at volusia.org/census or vcsedu.org/school-board.
Joint County Council and School Board meetings are planned for 5:30 p.m. at in the first-floor training room of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave. on Oct. 11, 18 and 28.
Volusia Forever is now accepting land purchase nominations from willing sellers. through Nov. 15.
A county press release states that staff and the Volusia Forever Advisory Committee will review nominations and visit sites to ensure they meet the program’s criteria.
Properties of significant size to achieve conservation objectives, ones who face development or serve as additions to existing conservation lands, are among those who will be given priority. Visit volusia.org/forever.
