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Ask Kyla: What's being done to accommodate growth in Lake Asbury?

By Kyla Woodard
kyla@claytodayonline.com
Posted 1/30/25

As the fastest-growing area in Clay County, Lake Asbury is seemingly jam-packed with new residences and traffic-filled roadways.  In 2005, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the Lake …

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Ask Kyla: What's being done to accommodate growth in Lake Asbury?


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As the fastest-growing area in Clay County, Lake Asbury is seemingly jam-packed with new residences and traffic-filled roadways. 

In 2005, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the Lake Asbury Master Plan, aiming to "help preserve the distinctive character of the area in the face of future steady population growth."

Well, the future is here, and there’s no stopping the growth anytime soon. 

With the upcoming First Coast Expressway, the Saratoga Springs development and an estimated 25,000 new homes in the next 10 years, the county is indeed drawing some attention.

So, what is happening to help with this large change?

The school district has some plans in the work for incoming students. In a previous report, Superintendent David Broskie said the district expects to add more than 6,000 students in the next 10 years. 

To accommodate this, an additional wing will be added to Lake Asbury Junior High School on Sandridge Road, which will consist of 32 classrooms and about 640 more students. 

There is some future rezoning in the works, as well. To deal with capacity issues, a proposed rezoning effort would place fifth-grade students at Discovery Oaks, Oakleaf Village, Plantation Oaks, Coppergate, Lake Asbury, RideOut and Shadowlawn elementary schools at either Oakleaf Junior or Lake Asbury Junior for their sixth-grade year.

The district also expects to build two new schools in the Saratoga Springs area, a high school and an elementary school, by 2030 and 2032, respectively.


Along with new residents comes more traffic. So, here’s a list of some future Lake Asbury road projects you can also expect.


-  Sandridge Road, Bonded Transportation Program project 


According to the county, this project will reconstruct the two-lane urban roadway from Henley Road to the west of County Road 209. The project also includes adding a turn lane, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and bike lanes. 


-County Road 209, Bonded Transportation Program project

Anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2026, this project will widen the 1.1-mile stretch of roadway from 2 lanes to 4 on County Road 209 from Peters Creek Bridge south to US 17. This will also include adding a median, turn lane, curb, gutters, sidewalks and bike lanes. 


Additionally, BCC approved a Lake Asbury Moratorium in 2021, restricting any proposed development or rezoning within the master plan area—in other words, slowing down future growth.

The moratorium has since been extended each year of the Bonded Transportation program.

Submit your questions about your community to Ask Kyla at kyla@claytodayonline.com.