Five applications submitted for 2018 Complete Streets Program funding

Four Pinellas County communities have asked that their projects be considered for funding in the third year of Forward Pinellas’s Complete Streets program.

A drawing for Skinner Boulevard in Dunedin’s concept plan, funded in the 2017 Complete Streets program.

Created in 2016, the Complete Streets program provides funding for the development of concept plans and for constructing transportation projects that make roadways safer and more accessible for all users. In response to a call for projects in September, the City of Clearwater, City of Dunedin, City of St. Petersburg and Town of Redington Shores submitted five applications by the December 14 deadline. Those applications are viewable at the links below and on the Complete Streets program page.

A committee of technical staff from Forward Pinellas and local government agencies will review the applications and make a recommendation to the Forward Pinellas Board. The board will approve funding at its March 2019 meeting. Up to $100,000 is available for the development of concept plans, and up to $1 million will be available for construction projects in coordination with the Florida Department of Transportation.

Concept Planning Applications ($100,000 available):

• City of Clearwater requests $50k for Ft. Harrison from Belleair to the Alt 19 merge
• City of St. Petersburg requests $100k for 18^th S. from 35^th St. to 14^th St.

Construction Applications (Up to $1M available):

• City of Dunedin requests funding for Skinner Blvd. from Alt 19 to Bass
• Town of Redington Shores requests funding for a mid block crossing along Gulf Blvd.
• The City of St. Petersburg requests funding for complete streets treatments along 22^nd S from 15^th Ave. S. to 1^st Ave. S.