Village Green update to residents in Spanish Lakes
The City of Port St. Lucie is moving forward with improvements to Village Green Drive, and the latest designs, shared during the May 21 Spanish Lakes neighborhood meeting, highlight a safer, more connected corridor for residents.
The project addresses long-standing concerns such as speeding, crash history, sidewalk gaps and limited pedestrian and transit access, all of which directly affect the Spanish Lakes community.
Updated plans include wider shaded sidewalks; protected bike lanes; improved crosswalks; a nearby transit stop; and redesigned access at Camino de Entrada. Central to the design is an extended“ peanut shaped” roundabout that reduces conflict points, calms traffic, improves access to U. S. 1 and creates new opportunities for public art. These features are the result of years of community driven planning, including surveys, walking audits and multiple public meetings.
The project team is at the 60 percent design stage, with 90 percent plans expected in September and final completion by the end of 2026. Construction timing still is being finalized, but the City has committed to maintaining access to Spanish Lakes throughout the process and will share detour information ahead of any work. Residents also previewed public art themes under consideration for the new peanut shaped roundabout, including concepts inspired by nature, community, transformation and PSL’ s identity.
Feedback from the meeting will continue to shape the final design as the City works to create a safer, more attractive gateway for the neighborhood.
Fertilizer usage
As we enter the summer rainy season, it is a good time to remind residents that in 2014, City Council passed a fertilizer ordinance regulating landscape practices and uses of fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus. No fertilizer containing nitrogen and / or phosphorus( phosphate) shall be applied to turf or landscape plants from June 1 to Sept. 30 each year.
Excess nitrogen and phosphorus pollute our local waterways. These nutrients cause harmful algae blooms that can turn our river green, raise its toxicity and lower the oxygen levels possibly leading to fish kills. The treatment to remove these nutrients costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year. Fertilizer and landscape debris are nutrient sources that you can control to prevent these occurrences.
Improper use of fertilizer and poor landscape practices could allow nutrient pollution to leach into ground water, or wash into the storm drainage system that eventually flows to the North Fork of the St. Lucie River and the St. Lucie Estuary, one of the most diverse estuaries in the world.
For more information, click here. www. CityofPSL. com / PublicWorks
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