Complete waste of money and makes the road more dangerous. Plus, the median often isn't even flowing with the lane, having pieces of the geometry hanging out in the lane. Ridiculous!

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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Spot-on Karma!

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Surfing is my passion...obsesssion... addiction! Can't imagine life without it!

Thanks for the link sfds, no changes at my neighborhood beach access except drainage improvement, you would think after 2 deaths in this area from cars hitting people crossing A1A they would do something to allow for a safer crossing. Lost a surfing friend and a neighbor down the street. Another neighborhood surfer barely missed being hit when a car lost control..not sure what they could do other than a light or speed cameras/police to slow everyone down to 45.  With the 2 new oceanfront condos being built on this stretch traffic is just going to get worse/more dangerous.

I cross routinely at the Crosswalk by the ABC in Indialantic.  I can't tell you how many times I just paitently wait and someone (usually from out of state) will politely stop and I will cringe as the local's behind them squeel their tires as they slam their brakes in disbelief that someone actually stopped for a ped.  I'm going to see something bad some day.  It's a given.

Yeah, and I ride a bike as much as I surf now due to shoulder issues I hope to resolve soon.  The bike/turn lane into Paradise and up at Radisson have been chewed pavement for a year?  Seriously?  

And the right angle medians so periously close to the lanes?  Granted, there have been studies that show skinnying lanes forces people to pay attention and slow down.  Until we get (hard to believe it will ever happen) people off their damn phones, I will continually see crazy close calls and people hitting the medians.  Saw a truck about kill a car up by Desoto last week when he "readjusted" after hitting the median.

I was at one of the planning meetings sponsored by the city a few years ago. I was telling their traffic engineer that nobody would use those mid-block crossings.

He replied that a study showed fewer dogs died if they crossed mid-block rather than at intersections where streets and sidewalks dump into highways like A1A. True story.

The geometry and length of the left-lane turn medians is piss-poor. Maybe good in concept, but terrible in implementation. Not to mention traffic light timing; it's now a 2-cycle wait to turn left at some of the red lights.

The short left turn lane turning west onto Sunrise requires slowing down to 35 mph (while in the left, passing lane) of A1A in order to make the turn. Barely acceptable when there is no traffic, but incredibly dangerous at peak hours when backed-up cars waiting to turn left are stopped in the passing lane.

Numerous people have expressed desire for a 35 mph speed limit on A1A throughout the mid-reach area. It would support more density and development along the corridor, potentially making it easier for cars to stop and support new businesses. The cynical side of me suspects some of this may be a trojan horse to necessitate that end.

From a beautification perspective, the increased signage (NO U-turn, STOP for pedestrians, and so on) is rather busy and unattractive. I sincerely hope they find some way to spruce that up.