Federal money is coming to help pay for the Jacksonville Skyway replacement.
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority announced Nov. 19 it will receive a $1.72 million RAISE grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support planning the third phase of the Ultimate Urban Circulator project known as U2C.
JTA plans to spend $379 million to $400 million to replace the elevated 2½-mile Skyway monorail with a 10-mile automated vehicle network. The U2C will expand the people mover service from Downtown to include San Marco, Five Points, Brooklyn and UF Health Jacksonville near Springfield.
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