Contractor J.B. Coxwell deployed workers and equipment July 10 to Riverfront Plaza to start work this week on 7-acre Downtown park on the St. Johns River.
Since July 5, the city has closed traffic to portions of Independent Drive, Water Street and Hogan Street to prepare for the first phase of construction at the site of the former Jacksonville Landing.
That project will eliminate a cul-de-sac east of the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts and extend the footprint of the park, according to the Downtown Investment Authority. The work will also reroute Independent Drive to Hogan Street.