Jacksonville councilman continues pushing for safety improvements on Baymeadows Road after crash that killed teacher

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville councilman has continued to request safety improvements be made for Baymeadows Road following a crash that killed a father and his 1-year-old son last month.

The father, Mitchell Patch, was a math teacher at Bayview Elementary.

Councilman Joe Carlucci gave an update to News4JAX on Thursday regarding the plan with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

“FDOT’s evaluations are set to be completed by mid-July,” Carlucci explained.

Carlucci previously said that FDOT is doing their evaluation and that he has been advocating hard for this to happen.

FDOT provided a statement Thursday saying:

″The study and evaluations FDOT officials are performing use empirical data including pedestrian counts, traffic volumes and crash history to determine the most appropriate and context-specific safety measures that may be considered. While this process may take up to 90 days, FDOT safety officials are hopeful the study will be completed next month."