Palmetto Park Road improvements up for discussion in Boca Raton

Plans are in the works to improve a stretch of Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton.

LEADERS WILL TALK ABOUT SAFETYCONCERNS FOR PALMETTO PARKROAD.

W-P-T-V TOLD YOU HNEIGHBORS SAY IT'S NOT SAFE TOBIKE OR WALK FROM THEINTRACOASTAL TO A-1- A.

NEW ATSIX, W-P-T-V NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S MIRANDA CHRISTIAN TELLSUS WHAT'S BEING DONE TOADDRESS THE ISSUESPCK: (NAT) A REQUEST WAS MADETO THE CITY OF BOCA RATON TOHELP MAKE THIS STRETCH OPALMETTO PARK ROAD SAFER.

THNEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ON THEBARRIER ISLAND PRESENTED APLAN TO HELP MAKE IT EASIERFOR PEOPLE WALKING AND CYCLINGIN THE AREA 1.23 THAT IS OURNUMBER ONE GOAL, ANYTHING ELSEIS GRAVY KATIR BARR MACDOUGALLSAYS THEY ARE HAPPY TO SEE THECITY IS LISTENING.

ON THURSDAYTHE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDWILL LOOK AT A LIST OF OPTIONSFOR THESE FEW BLOCKS& 5.19KIND OF FLUSHING OUT WHAT ITIS YOU WANT TO SEE DONE ONTHIS PART OF PALMETTO PAROAD CITY COUNCILMAN ANDYTHOMSON SAYS THE P-N- Z BOARDWILL HELP FIGURE OUT WHATSAFETY FEATURES COULD BE ADDEDHERE.

HE SAYS IT HELPS THEREARE HUNDREDS FROM THCOMMUNITY WHO ALREADY SUPPORCHANGES 8.59 IT IS ACOMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEY CAUP WITH 4.53 THE CITY HAD TOKNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE BEHINDTHIS, WE WANT SAFETY AND IFTHEY COULD SPRUCE IT UP ALITTLE THAT WOULD BE GREATBARR MACDOUGALL SAYS IT'S ABIG FIRST STEP IN ADDINGTHINGS LIKE PEDESTRIANWALKWAYS& OR BIKE LANES.

THEYEVEN WANT TO LOOK AT FIXINGTHE SKINNY SIDEWALK SPACE12.52 AT TIMES I HAD TO COMEOFF OF THE SIDEWALK AND ON TOTHE ROAD MC: 13.25 THEPLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WILLGO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THWOULD LIKE TO SEE THEY WOULDLIKE TO SEE DONE ON THISSTRETCH OF PALMETTO PARK ROAD,THEY WILL BRING THAT BACK TOTHE CITY COUNCIL SO THEY CANDECIDE WOULD COULD BE DONE ONTHIS ROAD.

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