FDOT Skinner Boulevard Improvement Project

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) constructed a Complete Streets project to enhance safety and improve traffic on SR 580/Skinner Boulevard from Main Street/Bass Boulevard to Broadway. The project included reducing travel lanes, two roundabouts, and a multipurpose path connecting to the Pinellas Trail to make travel safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, and to stimulate economic development north of Downtown. Comprehensive engineering and forecasting were conducted to evaluate the current and future traffic trips on this segment of Skinner Blvd. For current construction information, including lane/road closures and detours, click here.

Key Project Elements

• Lane reduction from four to two lanes between Alt 19/ Broadway and Oak Street
• Roundabouts at Douglas Avenue and Highland Avenue
• Ten-foot wide concrete sidewalks connecting to the Pinellas Trail
• On-street parking, bus bays (with decorative bus shelters), and bicycle lanes
• Adding a permanent pedestrian crossing signal at the Pinellas Trail
• New mast arm signal Bass Boulevard/Main Street
• Decorative street lighting
• Raised median (landscaping opportunity)
• Utility relocation and undergrounding
• Funding through an inter-agency partnership (City of Dunedin, FDOT and Forward Pinellas)
• Project contractor: de Moya Highway Infrastructure, LLC

Cost:

• Paid by the City of Dunedin: $8,310,343.43
• Paid by Forward Pinellas: $1,500,000
• Paid by FDOT: $5,917,443