- December 13, 2025
The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to resurface almost 4 miles of Nova Road from Holly Hill to Ormond Beach, a project that will cost over $19 million in design and construction.
An open house on the project was held on Wednesday, Nov. 5. FDOT representatives also attended the Ormond Beach City Commission meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4, to give officials an overview of the project, which will span from the intersection of Nova at Flomich Street north to the intersection with U.S. 1. FDOT seeks to replace the existing center two-way left turn lane between Granada Boulevard and Wilmette Avenue with a 16-foot raised median, as well as add a new traffic signal and pedestrian crossings at Old Kings Road.
"This improvement will provide an additional protected signalized crossing for pedestrians and bicyclists when they want to cross Nova Road," said Jim Stroz, FDOT director of Transportation Development. "This goes back to our goal of improving the pedestrian and bicycle safety along the corridor."
From 2016 to 2023, there have been 11 pedestrian and bicycle crashes in the area of Nova Road between an area just south of Granada Boulevard north to Wilmette Avenue. There have also been five fatal crashes — two involving cars, two involving motorcycles and one involving a pedestrian.
As part of the project's safety and operational improvements, FDOT will include dedicated left-turn lanes and median openings along the corridor. These access management improvements reduce conflict points — or possible crashes — by 75%, Stroz said.
"The primary benefit to access management is the reduction of these conflict points, which equates to improved safety," he said.
There will be no bicycle lanes north of Granada Boulevard, Stroz said.
A new directional median will also be constructed at Arroyo Parkway, which FDOT stated will reduce chances of crashes. The median will allow left turns from Nova Road to Arroyo Parkway, but traffic going onto Nova from Arroyo will need to turn right.
The project will also upgrade traffic and pedestrian signals, enhance lighting at signalized intersections and reconstruct pedestrian curb ramps to comply with ADA standards.
Because the project's scope is within the existing right of way, FDOT has no additional acquisition cost.
Stroz said the design phase of the project, which costs $2.6 million, is only months away from completion. Construction, estimated to cost $16.8 million, is expected to begin in summer 2026.
City Commissioner Kristin Deaton said Tuesday that she was "optimistically cautious" about the project.
"After the most recent Granada project, I would love if you could maybe assure the community that you've taken into account some of their feedback, and some of the feedback that we have given, regarding the raised medians and some of the issues that we had," Deaton said to Stroz.
Stroz said FDOT does want to take advantage of previous feedback received for its project on the city's downtown on Granada Boulevard.
"Those were more speed management improvements with some raised elements in the bulb-outs," he said. "Those have been removed from the project as a result of coordinating with city staff."
To read more about the project, visit https://www.cflroads.com/project/450644-1.
