Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #360FY0001 Brooksville Downtown Traffic Pattern Improvement
Requester:		Joseph Johnston, Mayor			Organization:		City of Brooksville
Project Title:		Brooksville Downtown Traffic Pattern Improvement			Date Submitted:		2/6/01 4:34:54 PM
Sponsors:		Ginny Brown-Waite
Statewide Interest:		These improvements will improve safety and enhance business activity in the Historic downtown
Recipient:		City of Brooksville			Contact:		Bill Geiger
		201 Howell Avenue			Contact Phone:		(352) 544-5407
		Brooksville 34601
Counties:		Hernando
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
Provide for improvements to downtown traffic flow patterns that include pedestrian safety, installing traffic calming features, rerouting truck traffic, additional parking and possibility converting the existing traffic design to a pattern more suitable to business and pedestrian needs. DOT requested that the City utilize the one-way traffic pattern which has resulted in numerous problems. City would like to reverse the traffic pattern.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Safer traffic flow and improved economy.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$915,000
Total cost of the project:			$1,000,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$85,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							No
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		City of Brooksville Downtown Parking and Traffic Circulation Study 8/99
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Hernando County Legislative Delegation Meeting
	Meeting Date:		12/1/00