- December 26, 2024
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Dear Editor:
The neighborhoods of Tomoka Oaks and the Trails, between Nova and U.S. 1, already have a dangerous traffic problem, as noted by the city of Ormond Beach. The golf course was designed to accommodate perhaps 50 cars, except for special events, at any one time. The Tomoka Reserve development will add 600+ cars, all piling through one road, Tomoka Oaks Boulevard, a traffic nightmare created by the developer. The developers (Mr. Rubin, Mr. Barshay and Mr. Velie) have indicated no changes are necessary to their entranceway to accommodate the increase to the current traffic.
This is strictly a neighborhood safety issue and I suggest that Ormond Beach:
Help us limit the number of additional deaths and injuries that will result from building too many houses in the Tomoka Oaks Golf Course. Or, buy the property and use it for open space in our increasingly crowded beautiful Ormond Beach. Current property owners have rights too.
Tom Fitzgibbon
Ormond Beach
Editor's note: Regarding speed tables on South St. Andrews Drive, the city of Ormond Beach said that "a critical component of our traffic calming program is public support. A public meeting and neighborhood vote for a speed table in Tomoka Oaks had not yet been scheduled when the traffic calming program was put on hold to review our procedures, including the criteria for determining public support." The city added it is working to reinitiate the traffic calming program in the near future.
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