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Brightline President Patrick Goddard (in orange vest), Mayor Scott Singer (sixth from left), other City Council members and staff from Brightline and Kaufman Lynn Construction attend the ceremony for the Boca Raton train station and parking garage. P

Plans to develop Ocean Strand into a passive park have won final approval from the city.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the vacant property between Spanish River and Red Reef parks, announced the successful end of the permi

The walls and roof were added to Brightline’s Boca Raton station in June as construction continued next to the Downtown Library. Crews were also reconstructing the train crossing on Northwest Second Street, a project scheduled to be finished on July

Construction at Silver Palm Park means boat ramps remain unavailable until sometime this summer. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

Silver Palm Park’s boat ramps, which closed in September and were supposed to reopen in March, will stay o

Boynton Beach police secure the scene at the Riverwalk Plaza construction site along the Intracoastal Waterway near the southeast corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway on March 22. Initial reports were that a crane malfunctioned, but a later

Drivers using West Palmetto Park Road can expect travel woes to continue over the next nine months as the county continues its work demolishing and replacing the concrete bridge over the El Rio Canal.
Since the project has been underway, drivers have

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach town commissioners appear to be modifying a ban on Saturday construction work, a move highlighting the divide between many single-family homeowners and some condo associations.
Two years ago, in a move championed by re

By Dan Moffett

Manalapan town officials have been busy huddling with engineers to try to figure out how to respond to newly released flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Town Manager Linda Stumpf said the new requi

By Dan Moffett

Ocean Ridge is looking for ways to rein in nuisance construction projects.
During a three-hour joint workshop on Oct. 19, the Town Commission and the Planning & Zoning panel considered code changes that would tighten building rules.
To

Intense rains the weekend of May 25 flooded many of the town’s roads, including Briny Breezes Boulevard.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Dan Moffett

A healthy 11.1% rise in taxable property value means the Briny Breezes Town Council will have more r

OCEAN RIDGE: Bulldozers work in the surf at the north end of Palm Beach County’s Hammock Park as sand is pumped from the dredge through the floating pipe and then to shore, where a sand and water slurry is spread to widen the beach. Photos by Jerry L

The new interchange will eliminate left-hand turns in front of oncoming traffic, the key safety feature. Drivers on Glades Road will switch sides of the road as they cross I-95 and then switch back. Traffic signals will control the crossovers. Render

By Jane Smith

Some South County coastal residents reported hearing an unusual number of train horns recently even though quiet zones had been established nearly 18 months ago.
Engineers of Brightline, soon to be Virgin Trains, can blow the horns when

By Jane Smith

The Boynton Beach fire station that serves much of Ocean Ridge will be finished in February, said Fire Chief Glenn Joseph.
Firefighters/paramedics will be able to move in the week of Feb. 22, Joseph said.
The new station will sit one b

By Steve Plunkett

Town officials are poised to create time limits between 16 and 30 months on future new construction in Gulf Stream.
The new rules, which town commissioners will consider on final reading in March, come after unhappiness at the slow

By Mary Thurwachter

As work at the luxury condo project at 3550 S. Ocean Blvd. reaches its finishing stages, construction hours have been extended. The South Palm Beach Town Council agreed to the added hours during a special town meeting on Feb. 14 a

By Mary Hladky

The nearly five-year battle over a downtown luxury condominium is finally over.

The last hurdle was cleared Jan. 14 when Boca Raton City Council members voted 4-1 to approve the construction of 384-unit Alina Residences Boca Raton in t

The 78-year-old museum is set to reopen after a 59,000-square-foot expansion that reorients its entrance and adds a sculpture garden

The 19-foot-tall Typewriter Eraser, Scale X, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, stands in the Heyman Plaza, w

By Jane Smith

Motorists will continue to face construction delays at the Woolbright and Hypoluxo road Interstate 95 interchanges.

The contractor is now saying it will be the end of January for most of the work to be finished, according to Andi Pacini

ABOVE: The construction fence was gone, but the dumpster and portable toilet remained at the 3140 Polo Drive construction site Nov. 23. BELOW: The sign above Peter Klein’s front door vents about the duration of the 3-year-old project.

Photos by Jerry