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Riviera Beach lays out ambitious road, parks and City Hall campus plans; school district land‑swap remains unsettled
Summary
Staff presented a multi‑year roads plan, parks master projects and a City Hall campus solicitation linked to potential property transfers with the School District. Road reconstruction needs were estimated in the hundreds of millions; a proposed 4‑acre land swap with the school district is still under negotiation and not authorized.
City staff used the budget workshop Aug. 19 to present an extensive program of road, park and civic facility investments that would reshape the city’s central corridors and municipal campus — but several items depend on negotiations and additional council direction.
Roads and infrastructure
The capital projects administrator and the finance director walked the board through a data‑driven “worst‑first” road program that scores water, sewer, drainage, pavement, curb & gutter and sidewalks across the city’s roughly 80 miles of roads. Staff said a full corrective program (replacing utilities and rebuilding pavements across the city) would total roughly $478 million; the next‑phase program presented for council consideration would include roughly $135 million in new road construction and a planned mill‑and‑overlay program.
Staff gave district‑level examples: District 1 showed about $26 million in prioritized work; District 2 — which includes long‑deferred streets in Park Manor North and South and Lakeview Park — was listed at about $65 million; other…
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