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JTA approves $1.21 million bid for Brooklyn Skyway station
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The monorail service between the Downtown neighborhood and the business district is scheduled to begin in September. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority awarded a $1.21 million contract to Superior Construction Co. Inc. to build a Skyway station in Brooklyn. The board voted 5-0 on Feb. 25 to approve Superior’s bid for the elevated platform on 0.11 acres at 725 Leila St. Brooklyn Station will connect to the adjacent Skyway staging tracks that JTA will convert to support passenger transit. Plans filed with the city in March 2020 show the project will
link the LaVilla Station at Bay and Lee streets to the Downtown Northbank neighborhood. JTA Vice President of System Development Greer Gillis told the board before the vote that service to Brooklyn Station is scheduled to begin in September. “The project will connect the Urban Core, LaVilla and Riverside while serving as a pedestrian extender between Downtown and Brooklyn,” Gillis said. “The station will expand transportation options for those living and working in Downtown, Brooklyn and San Marco.” Superior is a Portage, Indianabased contractor with its Southeastern U.S. operations in Jacksonville. To reduce the project cost, JTA is using the staging tracks in Brooklyn rather than building additional track infrastructure.
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The Brooklyn Skyway station will link the LaVilla Station at Bay and Lee streets to the Downtown Northbank neighborhood. The project will add a platform and use existing track.
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Memorial Hospital opens first of six renovated cardiovascular labs The medical center cut the ribbon for the first EP lab and cath lab. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Memorial Hospital opened the first of three electrophysiology labs and an upgraded catheterization lab March 3 as part of a $10.5 million investment. The hospital plans to upgrade
From left, Memorial Hospital Cardiology Chief Dr. Salman Waddah, CEO Brad Talbert and cardiologists Dr. Robert Kim and Dr. Morhaf Ibrahim cut the ribbon March 3 at the new labs.
another cath lab and two EP labs as part of the project in the hospital at 3625 University Blvd. S. Hospital officials celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the labs March 3. “Our new EP Lab and upgraded Cath Lab enhances our ability to continue to provide state-of-theart care for patients with all types of cardiac arrhythmias, as well as provide non-operative solutions
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Architect selected for new outpatient VA clinic Kansas City-based architect Hoefer Welker and Kansas City developer US Federal Properties were selected to design and build the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in North Jacksonville. The 173,500-square-foot clinic will provide primary care, radiology, optometry, audiology, pathology and mental health care services under one roof. It will include a 30-bed, 28,500-squarefoot domiciliary for rehab and treatment for homeless veterans. It is at northwest Hyatt Road and Max Leggett Parkway.
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