But if having the right layout is that important, it might be better to just move the town center, said Kevin Feldt, a senior transportation planner for St. Johns County. He said it may not make sense from a traffic standpoint to move the road. Feldt said it's hard to assess the Nocatee plan while several other plans to direct growth in northern St. Johns are still under development. Decisions on those plans, including a detailed plan for northwest St. Johns and a study of an east-west corridor that sometimes hugs County Road 210, all could affect traffic near Nocatee, he said. Feldt's agency is waiting for more information from Nocatee's planners, and O'Steen said he'll try to find ways to work out an agreement with county officials.
Similar issues have to be worked out with other agencies.
For example, while county officials like the current County Road 210 route, one state road planner has advocated widening the current road and also building another four-lane road around the development. A regional transportation coordinating group encouraged widening an internal road, which project designers fear will encourage pass-through traffic. And county officials, including Feldt, are also tentatively suggesting building a new road near the western edge of the Intracoastal Waterway linking County Road 210 to Jacksonville's Butler Boulevard, a project that would affect large amounts of environmentally sensitive land. Enter words describing a concept or keywords.