By Mary Hladky
A year after Boca Raton hired a consultant to reimagine East Palmetto Park Road, residents finally have the opportunity to weigh in on how to improve the street’s appearance and make it safer and more inviting for pedestrians and bicyc
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton bicyclists have pressed city officials for years to make streets safer for them, but a horrific Jan. 4 crash on State Road A1A in Gulf Stream injuring six cyclists struck by an SUV has made the issue even more urgent.
At the
By Steve Plunkett
The first look at a city consultant’s ideas for reimagining part of Palmetto Park Road was not a good one.
First off, Boca Raton City Council members did not get backup documents for the Feb. 26 presentation by Alta Planning + Desig
By Mary Hladky
County Commissioner Marci Woodward’s recent offer to help Boca Raton improve East Palmetto Park Road received a noncommittal response from Deputy City Manager George Brown.
Woodward, whose commission district includes the city, has met
By Mary Hladky
Beachside residents, who have urged city officials to make safety improvements to the section of East Palmetto Park Road between the Intracoastal Waterway and State Road A1A, have received unwelcome news.
A city study concluded that no
A FedEx driver leaves his truck along East Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton as he delivers a package to a business. The city plans to redesign the road from Federal Highway to Fifth Avenue for better function. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Steve Plunkett
Building a municipal sewer system will cost the town at least $11.2 million, Gulf Stream’s engineering consultants say.
But the price does not include roughly $5 million to take over about 250 privately owned low-pressure “grinder
By Mary Hladky
When Art Koski asked that an agreement to keep him working as a consultant for the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District be pulled from the Nov. 18 commission agenda, it appeared he had severed ties with the district for good.
Dis
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge has taken the first small steps in what figures to be a very long journey to replace the town’s septic tanks with a municipal sewer system.
During their regular meeting on July 1, town commissioners unanimously approved hir
By Steve Plunkett
After one public outreach session on how to design Wildflower Park and a separate outreach session and an online survey for neighboring Silver Palm Park, consultant Kona Gray was not happy.
“Individually as parks they work. But toget
By Dan Moffett
The much anticipated engineering report on Ocean Ridge’s Inlet Cay neighborhood is giving residents a clearer picture about why their streets routinely flood after heavy rainfalls.
Consultant Robert Higgins told town commissioners on A
By Jane Smith
Free parking in downtown Delray Beach is coming to an end.
In late May, the city started installing 32 smart parking kiosks on Atlantic Avenue from Fifth Avenue west to Swinton Avenue. One block north and south of Atlantic also will hav
Shops in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea have distinctive style with paneled windows and carved doors. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Downtown Delray Beach has a certain indefinable something, called an X-factor by urban consultant Bob Gibbs.
In late
By Steve Plunkett
A city consultant’s recommendations on undeveloped Ocean Strand and the popular Gumbo Limbo Nature Center caught Beach & Park District officials by surprise.
Kona Gray, of EDSA Inc., which is creating a comprehensive master plan for
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By Jane Smith
When you want to repaint your coastal home, how do you go about choosing a color?
Do you collect pages from home magazines that show pictures of houses painted in colors you adore? Pick out colors based
