TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr, County Administrator
Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services
Brian Freeman, AICP, MPO Staff Director
FROM: Howard G. Richards, PE, Manager - Capital Projects
DATE: April 13, 2025
SUBJECT: Approval of Subordination of County Utility Interests Agreement between the Florida Department of Transportation and Indian River County
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BACKGROUND
Within the boundaries of Indian River County (IRC), a relatively small number of roadways are designated as State Roads (SRs), including all of Interstate 95 (I-95), US Route 1 (US 1), State Road 60 (SR 60), and Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway (A1A). In addition, both SR 510 and 17th Street are designated as state roads between US 1 and A1A.
Responsibility for the improvements and maintenance of the State highway system lies with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), based on the IRC Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) annual Priority Projects Report and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The MPO report provides guidance to FDOT regarding improvements to the State highway system within the County.
Over the course of several years, County staff has had ongoing discussions with FDOT about increasing the number of roads within the County that are part of the State highway system. FDOT is currently undergoing improvement projects to the following three (3) roadways:
· CR 510 will be widened to four lanes from CR 512 to US 1 in multiple phases
· CR 512 eastbound (EB) turning lane improvement from east of I-95 to west of 106th Avenue
· Oslo Road widening to four lanes from a new I-95 interchange to 58th Avenue
FDOT’s Work Program is funded by both Federal and State gas tax revenues. However, State law only permits State gas tax revenues to be expended on the State highway system, limiting funds available to these projects. As such, FDOT proposed...
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