Half-Cent Sales Tax Projects

Shortly after voters approved the sales tax, the Port St. Lucie City Council approved the creation of a seven-member Citizens Oversight Committee that will ensure this revenue is spent and allocated according to the approved project list. 

• Citizen Oversight Committee FY 20/21 Annual Report(PDF, 7MB)
• Citizens' Oversight Committee Report 2019(PDF, 132KB)

Public Information Meeting 4/24/19(PDF, 302KB)

• Torino Pkwy Roundabout Intersection Overall Exhibit(PDF, 4MB)
• Torino & California Roundabout Exhibit(PDF, 773KB)
  • Torino & California Roundabout Landscape Plan(PDF, 648KB)
• Torino & Cashmere Roundabout Exhibit(PDF, 902KB)
• Bayshore & Prima Vista Intersection Exhibit(PDF, 469KB)
• St. Lucie West & Cashmere Intersection Exhibit(PDF, 902KB)
• St. Lucie West & Peacock Turnlane Extension Exhibit(PDF, 426KB)

St. Lucie West Boulevard: Subtotal $13,200,000

• Intersection at Cashmere: $500,000
• Intersection at California: $2,000,000
• Intersection at Peacock: $300,000
• Intersection at Bayshore: $400,000
• California Widening: $10,000,000

Sidewalks: Subtotal $11,000,000

Repaving: Subtotal $27,500,000

Traffic Signal Coordination: Subtotal $1,700,000

• Port St. Lucie Boulevard: $900,000
• Crosstown Parkway: $800,000

Floresta: Subtotal $25,000,000

• Southbend to Elkcam: $8,000,000
• Elkcam to Crosstown: $9,000,000
• Crosstown to Prima Vista: $8,000,000

Torino Intersection Improvements: Subtotal $2,000,000

• California Roundabout: $1,000,000
• Cashmere Roundabout: $1,000,000

U.S. 1 Improvements: Subtotal $1,500,000

All project listed above total: $81,000,000

Contingency/Participatory Budgeting: $6,100,000

Overall Total = $88,000,000

St. Lucie West Blvd. is one of the busiest transportation corridors in the City of Port St. Lucie, connecting to numerous commercial districts, shopping centers, institutional uses, and residential developments from Bayshore Blvd. to Interstate 95. The corridor is in need of major intersection improvements to enhance transportation and pedestrian safety and operation. California Blvd., south of St. Lucie West Blvd., is also in need of widening from two to four lanes as the corridor is failing at peak hour travel times.

• St. Lucie West Boulevard: Subtotal $13,200,000
  • Intersection at Cashmere: $500,000
  • Intersection at California: $2,000,000
  • Intersection at Peacock: $300,000
  • Intersection at Bayshore: $400,000
  • California Widening: $10,000,000

Challenge

The St. Lucie West and Cashmere Blvd. intersection is in need of an additional (dual) northbound left turn lane and a new eastbound right turn lane. At St. Lucie West and California Blvd., all four legs of the intersection are in need of an additional (dual) left turn lane. At Peacock and St. Lucie West Blvd., turn lane extensions would help capacity. At the intersection of Bayshore, a southbound right turn and through lane is needed. To increase capacity, California Blvd. requires widening from St. Lucie West Blvd. to Crosstown Parkway. 

Solution & Benefits

Completion of the intersection improvements along St. Lucie West Blvd. and the widening of California Blvd. would increase traffic capacity and pedestrian mobility, as well as improve safety, operation and overall aesthetics of the corridors.

In 2017, the City Council approved the City’s Ten-Year Sidewalk Master Plan. Over the next ten years, the City anticipates the completion of only 17 miles or 47% of the sidewalks listed in the Plan as allowed by the proposed budget. Additional funding provided by the sales tax would allow the construction of 35 miles or 100% of the sidewalks listed in the Plan over the next ten years.

• Sidewalks: Subtotal $11,000,000

Challenge

Expand the sidewalk network to include sidewalks on major roadways with an emphasis on areas within a two-mile radius of schools and to provide sidewalks with direct connections between major roadways in a timely manner.

Solution & Benefits

Construct all the sidewalks listed on the Sidewalk Master Plan within ten years. Promotes exercise, a healthy lifestyle, and a reduction in vehicular trips by providing residents with a safe place to walk and bike to schools, parks, and businesses.

Providing a safe, comfortable, and economical road surface is a high priority for the City of Port St. Lucie. It requires balancing other priorities and making difficult decisions in order to manage the City’s roadway network with a limited budget. 

• Repaving: Subtotal $27,500,000
  • Citywide: $26,250,000
  • Gatlin Blvd.: $1,250,000

Challenge

The rate at which pavement deteriorates depends on many factors, including its environment, traffic volumes, loading conditions, original construction quality, and interim maintenance procedures such as crack-sealing and rejuvenation.

Solution & Benefits

Timely and effective maintenance can extend the pavement’s life thus reducing costly replacement in the future. Provides for safe vehicular and pedestrian the neighborhood. A freshly paved roadway beautifies the neighborhood.

See the City’s Repaving Master Plan for more information about repaving.

Providing high-quality infrastructure that promotes ease of mobility and allows constant monitoring of traffic flow on two of the City’s main east/west corridors is a benefit to both motorists and pedestrians.

• Traffic Signal Coordination: Subtotal $1,700,000
  • Port St. Lucie Blvd.: $900,000
  • Crosstown Parkway: $800,000

Challenge

Address the increasingly high variability of traffic flow patterns and periods of over saturation on high-volume corridors. This is a priority for safe and efficient transportation.

Solution

Adaptive Signal Control Technology continually evaluates traffic flow patterns and builds coordination plans based on historical averages and real-time data. The Adaptive Equipment also collects and maintains this vehicular data for evaluation by engineers to further optimize the system.

Benefits

Adaptive Technology utilizes real-time data to most efficiently move vehicles when traffic volumes are constantly changing. It’s capable of strategically modifying the coordination plans frequently, due to uncommon events that affect vehicle volumes.

The goal of this project is to provide safe transportation and pedestrian mobility, a “Complete Street”, while preserving the residential nature of the Floresta corridor.

• Floresta: Subtotal $25,000,000
  • Southbend to Elkcam: $8,000,000
  • Elkcam to Crosstown: $9,000,000
  • Crosstown to Prima Vista: $8,000,000

Challenge

The corridor challenges include the narrow 80’ right-of-way, the numerous residential driveways, the small mix of commercial businesses and an Elementary School.

Solution

The proposed roadway configuration is 4.1 miles of two lane roadway improvements (Southbend to Prima Vista Blvd.) including four signalized intersections and six roundabouts. The corridor will include enhanced sidewalks and bike lanes, street and pedestrian lighting and provide for street trees and landscaping where possible. A “Complete Street” initiative.

Benefits

Implementation of a “Complete Street” concept by accommodating projected traffic volumes while minimizing impacts to the neighborhoods. This provides for enhanced pedestrian and bicycle movements, improved connections to the school, and landscaping and lighting schemes that are in harmony with the community.

Learn more about the Floresta Drive Project.

Improvements to the intersections of Torino Parkway with California and Cashmere Blvds. would increase level of service and operation, especially at peak hours of the day. These intersections also provide a gateway opportunity to the northern part of the City. Improvements could enhance traffic safety, operation and pedestrian mobility, as well as create a sense of identity with landscaping and beautification.

• Torino Intersection: Subtotal $2,000,000
  • California Roundabout: $1,000,000
  • Cashmere Roundabout: $1,000,000

Challenge

The intersections of Torino Parkway with California and Cashmere Blvds. are failing from a traffic operation standpoint at peak AM and PM hours of the day. Motorists tend to back up in various directions waiting for the opportunity to make left hand turns. Installing roundabouts at these three-legged intersections presents a perfect opportunity to address the issue, and also provides for traffic calming and beautification.

Solutions & Benefits

Completion of roundabout intersection improvements at Torino Parkway with California and Cashmere Blvd. would increase traffic capacity and pedestrian mobility, as well as improve safety, operation and overall aesthetics of the intersections, providing for gateways to the Torino neighborhood.

Roundabouts Keep Moderate Traffic Flowing Safely

U.S. Highway 1 is one of only three north-south state highway systems that traverse the City of Port St. Lucie. The corridor is a gateway into the eastern portion of the City and serves a substantial commercial district, including shopping, dining, and entertainment experiences. The current state of the landscaping and beautification of this multi-lane corridor is less than desirable and does not meet the City’s current standards.

Challenge

The City of Port St. Lucie has strived to obtain numerous grants to beautify the corridor for past years without success. The City funded the design of landscaping and irrigation improvements from Village Green Drive to Westmoreland Blvd., which are now complete. In addition to the Crosstown Parkway, to be completed and connected to U.S. Highway 1 at Village Green Drive in late 2019, the state also plans to repave the corridor with fresh asphalt shortly thereafter. Landscaping improvements are now needed more than ever.

Solution & Benefits

Completion of landscape and irrigation improvements along U.S. Highway 1 within the City limits, especially with the completion of Crosstown and the new roadway repaving, would provide for much needed beautification and enhancement of the City’s gateways and Commercial District, and could help spark economic development in the community