Central Avenue & Central Park Improvements

The Winter Haven CRA prepared a Downtown Community Redevelopment Plan (CRP) to systematically address downtown issues and community needs, including enhancements to the downtown drainage system and the physical appearance of the urban space. The CRP sets forth recommendations for improvements that include streetscapes, gateways, connectors, water and sewer system retrofits, drainage system improvements, park reconstruction, parking areas, tree planting, waterfront and canal improvements, and new civic buildings.

At the outset of this Project, the City retained Envisors to prepare a certified ‘As-Built’ survey of both underground improvements (such as water, sewer, drainage, irrigation, and gas lines) and above ground improvements (such as pavement, sidewalks, curbs, curb cuts, lights, electric distribution system, telephone, cable TV, valve boxes, irrigation heads, trees, landscaping, fountains, etc.), to base all design work for this Project upon.

We then teamed up with LDR International, a group of urban designers, to plan, design, engineer, permit, bid, and construct water, wastewater, drainage, paving, sidewalks, furnishings, traffic signalization, lighting and electrical, landscaping, and other improvements for the following areas:

Central Avenue from 1st Street to 6th Street
4th St from Ave A SW to Ave A NW and from Ave A NW to Ave B NW
Avenue A NW and Avenue A SW from 4th Street to 5th Street
5th Street from Avenue A SW to Central Avenue
Fountain Park, Virginia Miller Park, and Pavilion Park
New Water Distribution System from Elevated Storage Tank to Avenue A SW & 4th Street SW

Our work involved close coordination with the simultaneous construction of the new City Library and reconstruction of a new bank headquarters building that were both located in the Project area. The improvements were constructed in multiple phases over a period of three years.