News

One eastbound lane is closed on East Palmetto Park Road east of the Intracoastal Waterway in
Boca Raton so that an emergency road repair can be completed.
The Boca Raton Police Department announced the closure on March 10, saying the repair will
take

By Mary Hladky

Beachside residents, who have long pressed the city to improve East Palmetto Park Road between the Intracoastal Waterway and State Road A1A, finally have scored a win.

Boca Raton officials have agreed to install a crosswalk midway betw

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 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

Boca Raton is working with Palm Beach County to determine what can be done to improve safety along the stretch of East Palmetto Park Road that runs from the Intracoastal Waterway to State Road A1A.

Beachside residents for years have so

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

The City Council has unanimously approved the One South Ocean luxury residential project that will replace a now-demolished three-story office building and 20 townhomes at the intersection of Palmetto Park Road and State Road A1A.
The p

By Mary Hladky

Two days after Mayor Scott Singer proclaimed March as “bicycle month” in the city, a crash claimed a bicyclist’s life and highlighted residents’ concerns about pedestrian and bicyclist safety on East Palmetto Park Road.
Bicyclist Mark R

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

By Mary Hladky

The City Council has given a formal go-ahead to hire a consulting firm that will create a vision for a reimagined five-block stretch of East Palmetto Park Road from Federal Highway to Fifth Avenue.
At a June 13 workshop, the council app

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

By Mary Hla

As Brightline works to build its Boca Raton station, railroad crossing reconstructions near the station site east of the Downtown Library will cause road closures and detours in June.
The Florida East Coast Railway crossing at Palmetto Park Road will

By Mary Hladky

City officials and residents have talked for more than a decade about improving Palmetto Park Road. But so far, little has been accomplished.
Now, a new ad hoc group that includes Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke and prominent land use att

Gregory Dirr’s sculpture REcycled REef will be installed this month at the entrance to South Beach Pavilion. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

Gregory Dirr’s REcycled REef sculpture was a tangle of curved rebar coated with concrete and

By Steve Plunkett

State transportation officials have turned off traffic signals on Interstate 95 entrance ramps at Palmetto Park Road less than a month after activating them.
The signals were turned on at Palmetto Park Road on Jan. 31, making the i

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 Mary Hladky

Should Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. dig a tunnel to connect the city’s Brightline station to Mizner Park?
Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer has raised that possibility and is inviting the company to make a presentation to the City Council.
Thi

A road crew lays asphalt in late October to restore a left-turn lane on East Palmetto Park Road for eastbound vehicles turning north onto Mizner Boulevard. A similar turn lane is being added at Fifth Avenue. City officials say the left-turn lanes wil

By Margie Plunkett

Drivers can lay off the horn on Palmetto Park Road. After nearly a year of construction, the Pedestrian Promenade was completed with a final pressure wash in the last weekend of June.

With the exception of pergolas, the roadway co