Update: A1A roadwork south of Linton Boulevard postponed until at least late May
By Rich Pollack
For more than five years, state officials have been talking about plans to widen and repave State Road A1A from Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach south t
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By Rich Pollack
The Florida Department of Transportation will offer a preview this month of a major road-improvement project on State Road A1A through Highland Beach and part of Delray Beach that will include lane closures and other disruptions.
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Lantana beach and the south entrance to the park will be closed for two weeks beginning on Feb. 28 for a restoration project.
The undertaking is the result of an interlocal agreement with the towns of Lantana, South Palm Beach and Palm Beach.
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By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s long-awaited project to rid the town of telephone wires and poles is stumbling toward the finish line.
“I’m happy to say that AT&T has completed their — what they describe in their industry as — wrecking their old infr
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Council members unanimously approved an interlocal agreement with Palm Beach on Feb. 9, clearing the last administrative hurdle in the way of their long-awaited dune restoration project.
The approval effectively t
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach is facing months of continued delays to beginning its much-anticipated beach restoration project.
The town had hoped to start work on its eroding beachfront this fall. But Mayor Bonnie Fischer now says it’s unlikely an
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach residents who live in the southern section of the barrier island will have to wait until at least mid-January for an extensive water project to be finished.
“The water mains are installed and reclaimed water lines are finis
Rhodes Villa Avenue is getting new lines to improve stormwater drainage and make reclaimed water available for irrigation.
Patience, cars among casualties, with some relief due by October
By Jane Smith
Iris Cohen traveled to Rhodes Villa Avenue twice
A worker cuts grooves into the surface of one of the Spanish River interchange’s many spans. All 13 of the project’s bridges have been constructed. Photo courtesy of Florida Department of Transportation
By Steve Plunkett
The Spanish River interch
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s efforts to enhance safety and aesthetics by replacing a 3-mile long walking path and improving the surrounding areas finally gained traction this year with the formation of an Ad Hoc Citizens Streetscape Committee, but
By Jane Smith
The city’s Historic Preservation Board in late June turned down Midtown Delray Beach, a mixed-use project proposed by Hudson Holdings, in two 6-0 votes.
The board met for nearly eight hours over two days.
Midtown, at the southwest corner
By Jane Smith
Artists, videographers and other creative types can look forward to the June opening of the Arts Warehouse, after Hatcher Construction & Development won the bid to convert the vacant building into an arts incubator.
The Delray Bea
By Steve Plunkett
After a five-year hiatus, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the Florida Inland Navigation District are talking again about restoring Lake Wyman and its neighboring parks.
Officials with FIND, the taxing body that maintains th
By Dan Moffett
Work on Manalapan’s Audubon Causeway bridge is picking up momentum, Vice Mayor Peter Isaac said, and the project appears to have a chance to be completed on schedule and under budget.
After meeting with the project’s builder a
By Mary Hladky
The New Mizner on the Green “ultra-luxury” condo project has a new name, a new architect and a completely new look.
The project’s prominent “starchitect” Daniel Libeskind, whose list of credits includes the original master plan for re
Inspired by the Ocean Science Meeting in Hawaii, Pope John Paul II High School marine-science students bored into the sand to collect a core sample of sediments. Students used a system devised by Gavin Guinan, in which a piece of pipe was placed over
By Steve Plunkett
A federal contractor could have its dredge off Ocean Ridge’s beach before Thanksgiving.
The shore protection project, another in Delray Beach and a third in Boca Raton make up a $10.8 million contract the U.S. Army Corps of
Progress continues on the barrier island for the city of Delray Beach’s reclaimed water system for landscape irrigation. Here, crews are working on Miramar Drive, between A1A and Gleason Street. Motorists are advised to expect delays and be cautious
