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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — It’s going to be another wild ride, or wild week of waiting, for traffic across South Palm Beach County. Sound barriers are being installed on I-95, express lanes are being added or modified, and there’s a whole lot of paving going on. Here’s the good news: nothing is happening until Tuesday, as FDOT decided to ease the traffic havoc over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
This is our extremely long Sunday traffic report. Each entry includes the name and contact information for the supervisor handling the project — we ask you to be respect these workers who we find are glad to answer legitimate questions about construction and its impact.
INSTALLATION OF SOUND BARRIERS ON I-95 BETWEEN GLADES AND LINTON. I-95 TO EXPERIENCE CLOSURES.
Description: 95 Express Lanes Phase 3B-2 will extend the existing Express Lanes north from just south of Glades Road to just south of Linton Boulevard in Palm Beach County. One lane will be added, and the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane will be converted to create two Express Lanes in each direction. The number of General Use lanes will remain the same. Access to the Express Lanes will be provided via two designated ingress and egress locations—between Glades Road and Spanish River Boulevard and between Yamato Road and Linton Boulevard. The scope of work includes reconfiguration of the SR 808/Glades Road Interchange to a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). Additional project improvements include overhead sign structure installation, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Express Lane markers, new signalization, lighting, signing and pavement markings, and ramp signalization at five interchanges from Glades Road to Linton Boulevard. Shoulder-mounted sound barrier walls will be constructed along I-95 northbound between Clint Moore Road and Linton Boulevard, ground-mounted sound walls will be installed on the south side of Yamato Road east of I-95 adjacent to the University Heights Community and along I-95 northbound south of Linton Boulevard adjacent to the Tierra Verde Community. The Clint Moore Road Bridge over I-95 will be fully reconstructed and the Glades Road bridge over the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) railroad tracks and Military Trail and the I-95 bridge over the C-15 Canal (between Peninsula Drive and Linton Boulevard) will be widened. For more information, please contact I-95 Community Outreach Specialist Andrea Pacini at (561) 214-3358 or apacini@corradino.com.
Cost/Completion: $148 million. Completion is expected in late 2023.
Description: This 2.35-mile project includes milling and resurfacing I-95 in both directions as well as the entrance and exit ramps at Hypoluxo Road and Lantana Road. This project also includes median lighting upgrades. For more information, please contact Community Outreach Specialist Daniela Silva at (786) 441-3088 or msilva@corradino.com.
Cost/ Completion: $11.9 million.
Description: This 0.164-mile project includes widening eastbound SR 704/Okeechobee Boulevard to provide an exclusive turn lane to the I-95 southbound entrance ramp. For more information, please contact Community Outreach Specialist Daniela Silva at (786) 441-3088 or msilva@corradino.com.
Cost/Completion: $635,418. Completion is expected in spring 2022.
Description: This 11.59-mile I-95 improvements project started September 9, 2020, in Jupiter and Hobe Sound. Work includes installing new roadway lighting with LED luminaires, replacing the high mast lighting system with a conventional LED roadway lighting system, extending the northbound I-95 merge lane just north of Indiantown Road, extending the deceleration distances for the I-95 northbound to westbound Indiantown Road exit ramp and the I-95 southbound to eastbound Indiantown Road exit ramp, and installing wrong way vehicle detection systems at the Indiantown Road and SE Bridge Road I-95 interchanges and new advanced warning signage.
Cost/Completion: $12.3 million. Completion is expected in spring 2022.
SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY PROJECTS (Boca Raton, Delray Beach)
Description This 0.1-mile project in the cities of Boca Raton and Delray Beach consists of replacing the two-lane Brant Drive Bridge (Bridge No. 935501) over the C-15 Canal with a new bridge consisting of two travel lanes and 10-foot shared-use paths in each direction. Improvements also include constructing 10-foot shared-use paths in each direction north of the bridge, reconstructing sidewalks south of the bridge, adding decorative lighting and drainage, upgrading signage and pavement markings, reconstructing roadway approaches and milling and resurfacing.
Cost/Completion: $2.49 million/Early 2023
Description: This 0.8-mile roadway improvements project, from NE 2nd Avenue to State Road A1A in the City of Delray Beach, began Monday, July 19, 2021. The City of Delray Beach, as Project Sponsor, requested that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Four design and construct this project through application to the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency and City of Delray Beach Resolution 06-18. Work includes milling and resurfacing with minor widening, concrete sidewalk and driveway replacement including curb and gutter improvements, signing and pavement marking upgrades including bike lane and detectable warning surfaces, and drainage and utility improvements.
Cost/Completion: $2 million. Completion is expected in summer 2023.
Description: This 0.8-mile roadway improvements project from Old Germantown Road to Lowson Boulevard in the City of Delray Beach began Friday, November 12, 2021. The City of Delray Beach, as Project Sponsor, requested that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Four design and construct the Homewood Boulevard Improvements Project through application to the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency, Palm Beach County Resolution 2021-0169, and City of Delray Beach Resolution 06-18. Work includes milling and resurfacing the roadway with minor widening; concrete sidewalk and driveway replacement, including curb and gutter improvements; signing and pavement marking upgrades, including bike lane and detectable warning surfaces; installation of four (4) new signal mast arms at Linton Blvd. to meet current standards; and drainage and utility improvements.
Cost/Completion: $2.5 million. Completion is expected in early 2023.
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY PROJECTS (Boynton Beach, Lantana, Lake Worth Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach)
Description: This 2.9-mile roadway improvements project began Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Wellington, West Palm Beach, and Greenacres. Work includes milling and resurfacing guardrail installation, upgrading curb ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, improvements to intersection street lighting, pedestrian signalization, and signage and pavement markings.
Cost/Completion: $3.5 million. Completion is expected in summer 2022.
Description: This 0.76-mile project includes replacing the existing bascule (draw) bridge and tide relief bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) and Lake Worth Lagoon between the Town of Palm Beach and the City of West Palm Beach. The project limits are between Washington Road in West Palm Beach and State Road A1A/South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach. New decorative lighting, pedestrian features, traffic signals, signage, and drainage are included. A temporary bridge has been built north of the existing bridge to maintain traffic while the replacement bascule bridge is under construction.
Cost/Completion: $97 million. Completion is anticipated in fall 2022.
NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY PROJECTS
(Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Juno Beach, Jupiter, Tequesta)
Description: Project Improvements include installing signs, flashing beacons, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) devices to alert wrong way drivers at the SR 9/I-95 southbound exit ramp to west SR 708/Blue Heron Boulevard. For more information, please contact I-95 Community Outreach Specialist Daniela Silva at (786) 441-3088 or msilva@corradino.com.
Cost/Completion: $745,355 / Completion is expected in summer 2022.
Description: This 1.13-mile lighting improvements project, from West 1st Street to State Road 708/Blue Heron Boulevard in Palm Beach County began on Monday, November 22, 2021. The City of Riviera Beach, as Project Sponsor, requested that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Four, design and construct the Australian Avenue Lighting Improvements Project, through application to the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency and City of Riviera Beach Resolution 2020-0987
Work includes installing a continuous decorative LED lighting system, replacing concrete sidewalk and driveways impacted by LED light pole installations and curb and gutter improvements, and upgrading pedestrian curb ramps and pavement markings to meet current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements.
Cost/Completion: $3 million. Completion is expected in spring 2023.
Description: This is 0.072-mile bridge project on State Road (SR) 786/PGA Boulevard over the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach Gardens began December 13, 2021. It consists of installing erosion control materials in the channel under the SR 786/PGA Boulevard bridges and replacing the submarine cable conduit that provides power and communication to the bridges’ movable spans.
Cost/Completion: $2,469,362 / Summer 2022
Marine Impact: The navigable waterway under the PGA
Boulevard bridges will be limited to half-channel navigation with single-leaf openings from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday until July 23, 2022. Full channel openings may be requested two hours in advance by calling the bridge tender at (561) 624-3684.
For more information, please contact Community Outreach Specialist Angel Streeter Gardner at 561-886-8773 or angel@valerin-group.com.
Description: This 4.1-mile project located in the town of Jupiter from CR A1A to CR 707/Beach Road and surrounding intersections began October 18, 2021. It consists of replacing the existing US 1 Bridge over the Loxahatchee River, including adding bike lanes and sidewalks in each direction. Other improvements include installing Intelligent Transportation System technology to improve traffic flow, adding decorative lighting and drainage, and upgrading signage and pavement markings. Minor improvements will also be made to the Alternate A1A bridge over the Loxahatchee River. In addition, intersection improvements will occur at Alternate A1A and Old Dixie Highway by shifting the intersection to the southwest, adding a traffic signal, and lengthening the left-turn lane from northbound Alternate A1A to northbound Old Dixie Highway.
Cost/Completion: $122 million/2026
WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY PROJECTS
(Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, Belle Glade, Pahokee)
Description: Construction on this 7.2-mile widening project began July 31, 2018, in the Village of Royal Palm Beach, Village of Wellington and the Town of Loxahatchee Groves. Work includes widening the existing roadway from four to six lanes, adding a 12-foot shared-use pathway on the north side of the roadway, adding bike lanes, milling and resurfacing, drainage improvements, adding lighting and signalization, installing curb and gutter, guardrails, minor median modifications and signage and pavement markings.
Cost/Completion: $34 million. Completion is expected in spring 2022.
Description: Construction on this 6.3-mile repairs and safety improvements project began Friday, June 11, 2021, in western Palm Beach County. Work includes embankment repairs on State Road 700 adjacent to the L-10 Canal, including bank stabilization and revetments, replacing the existing span wire signals with mast arms at the intersections of State Road 700 & Muck City Road and State Road 700 & Hatton Highway, new guardrail installation, and replacing/adding traffic signs at various locations.
Cost/Completion: $8.2 million. Completion is expected in fall 2022.
Description: Construction on this 13-mile safety improvements project began on Monday, January 3, 2022, in western Palm Beach County. Work includes widening the shoulders of the roadway, replacing, or resetting guardrails along the roadway, installing rumble strips, and internally illuminated retroreflective pavement markings along the roadway shoulders, adding a median acceleration lane and flashing beacons at the Okeelanta Road intersection, adding outside and median acceleration lanes at the County Road 827/Bolles Canal Road intersection.
Cost/Completion: $18 million. Completion is expected summer 2024.
Description: Construction on this 13-mile resurfacing and restoration project began on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Western Palm Beach County. Work includes milling and resurfacing existing travel lanes and shoulders, shoulder widening, replacing or resetting guardrails along the roadway, restoring sidewalks at various locations, upgrading curb ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, adding pedestrian gates at the FEC Railroad crossing, improving lighting and replacing the signals at SR 80/East Palm Beach Road, upgrading pedestrian signals, pavement markings, and signing to current standards, installing rumble strips and internally illuminated retroreflective pavement markings
Cost/Completion: $18 million. Completion is expected early 2024.
MAINTENANCE, UTILITY, PERMIT & ADDITIONAL AGENCY PROJECTS
Jupiter – Riverside Dr. and Alternate A1A Day-time flagging operations, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to move materials for bridge construction, continuing through June 2022. Crossings may be closed briefly (1-2 minutes) as trucks enter and exit the right of way. For more information, please contact Katie Mitzner at 407-502-3587.
Daytime pile driving operations, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Sunday, continuing through June 2022 to install new permanent bridge foundations.
Jupiter – Loxahatchee River Railroad Bridge – Impact to Navigation Channel
Navigation channel closures until 6 a.m., Tuesday, May 31.
Navigation channel full closure, daily one-hour openings in the morning and
Navigation channel full closure (drawbridge to remain in the down position, no boat passage).
Navigation channel open daily from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Boca Raton – Railroad Crossing at Palmetto Park Road Full road closure, 8 a.m., Saturday, June 11 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15. Detour Information:
Boca Raton – Railroad Crossing at NW 2nd Street Full road closure, 8 a.m., Saturday, June 18 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 30.
SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY (BOCA RATON, DELRAY BEACH):
Northbound North Federal Highway between Northeast 15 Terrace, in Boca Raton, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, Apr. 25 through Friday, Sept. 09, 1 of 1 lanes closed, for water main installation. For more information, please contact Prajwal Aditya 954-937-5305.
Southbound North Federal Highway between Northeast 5 Avenue, in Boca Raton, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, Apr. 25 through Friday, Sept. 09, 1 of 1 lanes closed, for water main installation. For more information, please contact Prajwal Aditya 954-937-5305.
Northbound State Road 7 at intersection of North Central Park Boulevard, in Boca Raton, 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., One day only, Wednesday, Jun. 01, 1 of 3 lanes closed, for utility spotting. For more information, please contact Zachary Gorman 561-531-2770.
Eastbound Lake Worth Road at mile marker 6.515, in Boca Raton, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, May 23 through Friday, Jun. 24, 1 of 3 lanes closed, for utility poles relocation and installation. For more information, please contact Erwin Mosqueda 954-789-7600.
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY (GULF STREAM, BOYNTON BEACH, OCEAN RIDGE, LANTANA, MANALAPAN, LAKE WORTH BEACH, GREENACRES, WEST PALM BEACH, LOXAHATCHEE, PALM SPRINGS, PALM BEACH):
Advance Notice: Northbound and Southbound A1A/South Ocean Boulevard over the Boynton Beach Inlet Bridge, in Boynton Beach, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday, June 16 to Friday, June 17, Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24, Monday, June 27 to Friday, July 1, 1 of 2 lanes closed for bridgework. For more information, please contact Mauro Barbosa 954-516-3421.
Advance Notice: Eastbound and Westbound East Ocean Avenue between SR A1A and US 1 over the East Ocean Avenue Drawbridge, in Boynton Beach, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 31 to Friday, June 3, 1 of 2 shoulders closed for bridgework. For more information, please contact Mauro Barbosa at 954-516-3421
Westbound Okeechobee Boulevard between South Sapodilla Avenue and South Tamarind Avenue, in West Palm Beach, 9 a.m.until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, Sept. 27 extended through Friday, Jun. 03, 1 of 4 lanes closed, for bucket truck parking. For more information, please contact Richard Hunt 352-446-5919.
Southbound Broadway Avenue between 38 Street and 36 Street, in West Palm Beach, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Friday, Mar. 18 through Thursday, Jun. 30, 1 of 2 lanes closed, for cell pole, antennas, equipment cabinet, electrical and fiber installation. For more information, please contact John Duran 321-350-7809.
Northbound Broadway Avenue between 38 Street and 40 Street, in West Palm Beach, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Friday, Mar. 18 through Thursday, Jun. 30, 1 of 2 lanes closed, for cell pole, antennas, equipment cabinet, electrical and fiber installation. For more information, please contact John Duran 321-350-7809.
Northbound Broadway Avenue between 29 Street and 31 Street, in West Palm Beach, 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, Mar. 21 through Tuesday, Jun. 21, 1 of 2 lanes closed, for cell pole, antennas, equipment cabinet, electrical and fiber installation. For more information, please contact John Duran 321-350-7809.
Eastbound and westbound Royal Park Bridge between South Olive Avenue and A1A/South County Road, in West Palm Beach, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Tuesday, May 31 through Friday, Jun. 3, and Monday, Jun. 6 through Friday, Jun. 10, 1 of 4 lanes closed for bridge maintenance. For more information, please contact Mauro Barbosa 954-516-3421.
NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY (RIVIERA BEACH, NORTH PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH GARDENS, JUNO BEACH, JUPITER, TEQUESTA):
Advance Notice: Eastbound and Westbound A1A/Blue Heron Boulevard between Lake Shore Drive and Lake Drive over the Jerry Thomas Memorial Bridge, in Riviera Beach, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 31 to Friday, June 3rd and Monday, June 6 to Friday, June 10, 1 of 2 lanes closed as needed for bridgework. For more information, please contact Mauro Barbosa 954-516-3421.
Southbound Highway A1A between ½ mile North of Donald Ross and ½ mile of Admirals Cove Boulevard, in Jupiter, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, Monday, Mar. 28 extended through Tuesday, May 31, 1 of 3 lanes closed, for irrigation well cleaning, facilities work. For more information, please contact Kim Federer 561-444-6032 and/or John Say 561-436-6388.
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