Roads, Traffic & Safer Mobility

The Concern

Early community feedback is heavily concentrated on Saxon Boulevard. Residents described peak-hour congestion, signal timing problems, difficult merges and access points, speeding, red-light running, abrupt lane changes, and other unsafe driving behavior. Normandy Boulevard was also raised. These comments reinforce the broader need to separate roadway-design problems from enforcement problems and make sure each concern reaches the agency that can actually address it.

In the comments shared from the first public road-and-traffic discussion, all eight visible resident commenters referenced Saxon Boulevard in some way. That does not make the discussion a scientific survey, but the repetition is strong enough to make Saxon a specific research priority.

• Saxon Boulevard overall: Repeated concerns about congestion, unsafe driving, and the difficulty of traveling the corridor during busy periods.
• Morning and evening signal timing: A resident specifically said the traffic lights do not seem coordinated with heavier peak-hour traffic.
• I-4 / DeBary Avenue approach: Residents identified merging toward I-4 westbound via DeBary Avenue as a recurring headache.
• Saxon near the RaceTrac approaching I-4: A specific access and traffic-conflict area was called out near 1298 Saxon Boulevard in Orange City. Because this location is outside Deltona, any City role would likely be coordination or advocacy rather than direct control.
• Driver behavior: Comments described speeding, running red lights, passing on the right, abrupt lane changes, road rage, and other unpredictable behavior.
• Saxon and Normandy: The Saxon/Normandy area was also identified as a recurring trouble spot.

Context: This section summarizes early qualitative community feedback. It records what residents are reporting; it does not treat every report as a verified engineering or crash-data finding.

What Deltona Can Actually Control

Deltona controls some local streets and capital projects, while many major corridors, signals, ramps, and regional connections may involve Volusia County, FDOT, another municipality, or multiple agencies. Before proposing a fix, I will identify who owns and maintains the specific road segment, signal, intersection, or access point. A Commissioner can vote on City projects and funding and can advocate and coordinate when the responsible agency is outside the City.

Proposed Actions

• Create and maintain a public map or log of recurring traffic trouble spots reported by residents, beginning with Saxon Boulevard.
• Request or review peak-hour traffic volumes, signal timing, speed data, and crash history for the Saxon corridor and other repeatedly reported locations.
• Separate engineering concerns—such as signal timing, merge geometry, lane design, and driveway access—from enforcement concerns such as speeding, red-light running, and aggressive driving.
• Coordinate with Volusia County, FDOT, law enforcement, the River to Sea TPO, and neighboring jurisdictions when a problem falls outside direct City control.
• Track requested studies, agency responses, planned improvements, sidewalk or crossing projects, and completion dates publicly.