Enhancement Projects
Oakland Park Boulevard Passive Park
This new park is located on an 8.4-acre site at the northeast corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and NW 90th Terrace. Amenities in the park include an interactive water feature; a nine-hole disc golf course; a fitness trail with exercise stations; three pavilions; and bathroom facilities. The park will preserve existing wetland areas as well as enhance existing vegetation with native landscaping. The park is being designed with sustainability and energy conservation in mind. It will utilize solar lighting and recyclable/recycled content materials to the greatest extent possible. Construction is expected to be completed in spring 2011.
44th Street Passive Park
This new park is located on an 11.5-acre site on NW 44th Street between NW 94th Avenue and Pine Island Road. Amenities in the park include a playground; large open play areas; a fitness trail with exercise stations; an environmental education boardwalk surrounding a bird habitat; three pavilions; and bathroom facilities. The park will preserve existing wetland areas as well as enhance existing vegetation with native landscaping. The park is being designed with sustainability and energy conservation in mind. It will utilize solar lighting and recyclable/recycled content materials to the greatest extent possible. Construction is expected to be completed in spring 2011.
Nob Hill Road Passive Park
This new park is located on a 4.5-acre site at the southeast corner of Nob Hill Road and NW 55th Street. A contract for the design of the park was approved in March 2009. Park amenities will include the City's first boundless playground; a large open play area; a walking/jogging path; two pavilions; and bathroom facilities. Non-native, invasive plants have been removed. The design will enhance the remaining existing vegetation with native planting materials. The park will be designed with sustainability and energy conservation in mind. It will utilize solar lighting and recyclable/recycled content materials to the greatest extent possible. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2010 and be completed in fall 2011.
Public Safety Complex
The new Public Works Complex will be a state of the art facility for the City's Police and Fire-Rescue departments. The complex will be located on 7.3 acres at 10440 Oakland Park Boulevard - the site of the City's previous Public Safety facility. In addition to office space for the Police and Fire-Rescue departments to conduct their day-to-day operations, the 105,000-square-foot, five-story building will contain a community meeting room, holding cells, the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the 911 Dispatch Center, and the City's Management Information Systems Department. Adjacent to the Public Safety building closest to Oakland Park Boulevard will be the new Fire Station 72. This four-bay, 18,000-square-foot building will replace the station currently located on the corner of Oakland Park and Josh Lee boulevards. The station will also house the Departments' Logistics Support Services. Construction began in the summer of 2009, with completion planned for early 2011. Previews of the project are available below:
Public Safety Complex: Site Plan
Public Safety Complex: Rendering 1
Public Safety Complex: Rendering 2
Public Safety Complex: Rendering 3
Public Works Complex
The new Public Works Complex will replace the 40-year-old facility currently located on the east side of the City. The new facility will be on a 6.4-acre parcel at the intersection of NW 108th Avenue and NW 55th Street. The complex will be built in two phases and will be the home of the City's Public Works Department, Fleet Maintenance, and the Leisure Services Department's Facility Maintenance Division. Phase I of the project will build a three-island fueling station for City vehicles as well as storm drainage infrastructure for Phase II. This part of the project will be completed by the end of 2009. Phase II will construct 44,000 square feet of offices, work bays, and storage necessary to maintain the City. Phase II construction began in the fall of 2009 and will be completed in early 2011.
Waterbridge Wall
The Waterbridge Wall streetscape project has been designed to provide an attractive buffer to protect residential properties from traffic and commercial establishments along Sunrise Boulevard and Del Lago Circle on the southeastern-most edge of the city limits. The wall will be similar to existing precast concrete privacy walls along West Oakland Park Boulevard and Pine Island Road. It will vary in height from eight feet to 10 feet, with a section of decorative concrete posts and metal picket fencing to enhance the entrance near the Waterbridge community's clubhouse along Del Lago Circle. Within this section of fencing, solar powered lights will illuminate the pedestrian walkway as well as new signage for the community. Along the entire length of this project, landscaping improvements will help soften and scale down the wall. Construction is expected to be completed in 2010.
Springtree Golf Course Improvements
The first phase of improvements at Springtree Golf Club - a new clubhouse and cart barn - were completed approximately four years ago. The second phase of improvements are currently underway. The course is receiving a complete restoration by McCumber Golf, Inc., led by former PGA professional golfer Mark McCumber. The goal of the renovations is to improve play for all levels of golfers. In addition, much-needed improvements - such as a new irrigation system and repairs to drainage problems - are being addressed. The course closed for construction in late September 2009. Renovations will be completed and the course is scheduled to reopen in 2010. A project rendering is available below:
Springtree Golf Course: Master Renovation Plan
Sunset Strip Swale Improvements
The Sunset Strip Swale Improvements project, which is primarily funded through an FDOT grant, will extend from NW 68th Avenue on the east to Pine Island Road on the west. The main thrust of the project is to reshape the swales in order to allow rainwater to runoff from Sunset Strip and percolate into the ground. In addition, landscaping, irrigation and lighting enhancements will be included to beautify and enhance the pedestrian aspect of this section of roadway. Dozens of palms and shade trees will be planted in the swales, creating a tree-lined roadway similar to work that was completed on the eastern end of Sunset Strip several years ago. Construction is expected to be completed in the summer of 2010.
FDOT Project - I-595 Improvements
The I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements project consists of the reconstruction of the I-595 mainline and all associated improvements to frontage roads and ramps from the I-75/Sawgrass Expressway interchange to the I-595/I-95 interchange, for a total project length along I-595 of approximately 10.5 miles and a design and construction cost of approximately $1.2 billion. Major construction activities are scheduled for completion in 2014, which is approximately 15 years sooner than originally programmed when the corridor improvements were to be constructed as multiple conventional design-bid-build projects. For more information, visit the FDOT's I-595 project Web site. |
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