McDuff construction hampers Jacksonville businesses

RICK WILSON/The Times-Union Grant Butler had plenty of free time on a recent afternoon.Butler, the manager of the Good Time Car Wash at McDuff Avenue and Burke Street, hadn't had a customer for hours.

[DemonsEye]

Has anyone seen how this is being worked on?

This road is torn up from Roosevelt to Huron and you might see a few guys working on one end today, maybe a few on the other tomorrow, or no one working at all.

No wonder its takes forever to fix something.

[icwjohn]

DemonsEye wrote:

Has anyone seen how this is being worked on?
This road is torn up from Roosevelt to Huron and you might see a few guys working on one end today, maybe a few on the other tomorrow, or no one working at all.
No wonder its takes forever to fix something.

it is a mess from commonwealth to i-10 also! slow working!

[Riverside Rob]

Not to mention the traffic at slim's pony bar!

[icwjohn]

Riverside Rob wrote:

Not to mention the traffic at slim's pony bar!

thats the only place that is doing well! traffic sits there so they run in there for a snort or a drink!

[LOL]

And, All the area murders, robberies and thugs are not exactly helping business.

[scott1]

DemonsEye wrote:

Has anyone seen how this is being worked on?
This road is torn up from Roosevelt to Huron and you might see a few guys working on one end today, maybe a few on the other tomorrow, or no one working at all.
No wonder its takes forever to fix something.

they are widening broward road and its the same way..jax utilities construction is doing the work and they have to be the most retarded construction company i have ever seen..there is no rhyme nor reason to how they are working...

[bobbiegurl]

scott1 wrote:

<quoted text>they are widening broward road and its the same way..jax utilities construction is doing the work and they have to be the most retarded construction company i have ever seen..there is no rhyme nor reason to how they are working...

ROTFLMFAO. I know over half of the guys that work there and you hit the nail on the head.....

[bobbiegurl]

LOL wrote:

And, All the area murders, robberies and thugs are not exactly helping business.

Those 3 hurt those businesses before construction ever started.

[DemonsEye]

I was just wondering, Why not do this in sections instead of tearing up the entire roadway at once? Finish Roosevelt to I-10, then I-10 to Beaver, ect..

[icwjohn]

DemonsEye wrote:

I was just wondering, Why not do this in sections instead of tearing up the entire roadway at once? Finish Roosevelt to I-10, then I-10 to Beaver, ect..

to easy dude!

[Westside conservative]

Don't even get me started about Cahoon and I10. They cut four lanes down to two even though no work has been done in the two lanes they closed for the last six months. Traffic has been a daily nightmare there and the only other option is to drive several miles down to Lane Ave. to then drive several miles back to where you want to go. Its typical government contracts. Its how these businesses meet their payrolls by dragging these jobs out and taking as long as possible to get every penny from the taxpayers they can.

Now when you think about government run health care think about road construction, the post office, public schools, and just about any other government entity. I say fix the problems in government first then worry about how government might be able to help.

[LOL]

DemonsEye wrote:

I was just wondering, Why not do this in sections instead of tearing up the entire roadway at once? Finish Roosevelt to I-10, then I-10 to Beaver, ect..

They would never get finished doing it that way.

The first section would be full of pot holes before they finished the last section. So they would have to go back to the first section again. Over and over.

Do you not remember The 9-a fiasco.

[DemonsEye]

LOL wrote:

<quoted text>
They would never get finished doing it that way.
The first section would be full of pot holes before they finished the last section. So they would have to go back to the first section again. Over and over.
Do you not remember The 9-a fiasco.

They will be doing that anyway.
After it does get finished, it wont be six months they will be back in there digging up water leaks or something.

[Cool Peppa]

DemonsEye wrote:

I was just wondering, Why not do this in sections instead of tearing up the entire roadway at once? Finish Roosevelt to I-10, then I-10 to Beaver, ect..

Or they could just build it right the first time. I kills me to have a less than 20 year old Rd dug up and widened. Isn't that what we have "city planners" for? Aren't they supposed to project growth? I think they do it to keep money flowing around each other....Chafee Rd and Argyle Forest are good examples of waste.

[nuni]

what business is being distrupted?the crack and ho-ing business seems to still be thriving.still see plenty of shiny gold teefeses when going to st. vincents.