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Residents urge quicker action, more alternatives for Palmetto Park Road; city says ALTA study will model options
Summary
Several residents urged faster downtown placemaking and multiple design alternatives for East Palmetto Park Road; staff said the ALTA study is modeling several alternatives and will analyze traffic impacts, and staff reported stepped-up enforcement for downtown speeding.
Public commenters at the Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency meeting on July 22 pressed city staff for faster action and more design options for Palmetto Park Road.
Andrea Levine O'Rourke, who said she brought an initiative on downtown improvements almost two and a half years ago, urged the board not to "keep kicking the can down the road" and asked for alternatives that would improve intersection safety, walkability and small-business vitality. "Since those meters went in, I can tell you people are not parking along the street," she said, describing on-street parking on Palmetto Park Road as largely unused…
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