Michael and Clara Klein, who touted themselves as the first two visitors to Ocean Strand Park, walk through Boca Raton's newest waterfront park after its opening on Feb. 27. The park is 14 acres of land between Spanish River Blvd. and Palmetto Park Road and stretches from the beach to the intracoastal waterway. Photo by Tim Stepien
Pedestrians, bicyclists and people in wheelchairs passing the formerly undeveloped Ocean Strand property had a surprise today: Its pedestrians-only gate was opened to the public for the first time ever.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the property in between Spanish River Park and the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, opened the park in a “soft opening” with no advance publicity.
The district bought the property, at 2300 N. Ocean Blvd., in 1994 but did not turn it into a park until now.
The park has an asphalt path midway from State Road A1A to the Intracoastal Waterway and a mulch path from there to the Intracoastal. Another asphalt path connects to an old paved roadway to give access to the Intracoastal for bicyclists and wheelchair users.
-- Steve Plunkett
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