City Of West Palm Beach: Road & Dock Closures Update: Week Of Sunday, November 21, 2021

Press release from the City of West Palm Beach:

11/17/2021 12:45 PM

CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH ENGINEERING CLOSURES

• Tamarind Ave. between Banyan Blvd. and 7th St. (through Summer 2022): Local traffic only. The road is closed for underground utility installation.
• Washington Rd. between Monceaux Rd. and Monroe Dr. (through Spring 2023): Intermittent lane closures for streetscape redesign including new underground utilities, sidewalks, and storm drainage improvements. Local traffic only between Greenwood Dr. and Monroe Dr. Detours:

• Georgia Ave. between Nottingham Blvd. and Southern Blvd., and Miller Ave. between Nottingham Blvd. and Southern Blvd. (through Spring 2022): Local traffic only for utility improvements. Flaggers will assist motorists in the work zone.
• N. Flagler Dr. between 34th and 36th St. (until further notice): Motorists should expect slow traffic for road construction. Flaggers will assist motorists through the work zone.
• N. Flagler Dr. between 43td and 45th St. (through Summer 2022): Partial daytime lane closures for road construction.   

EVENTS ROAD CLOSURES

• West Palm Beach Antique Flea & Craft Market produced by Bill Jacobson

• Icon Marina Village – N. Flagler Dr. between 43rd St. and 45th St. (through Spring 2022): Periodic closures of the northbound lane for the installation of underground utilities. Flaggers will assist motorists in the work zone.
• The Watermark - Datura St. between Quadrille Blvd. and South Dixie Hwy. (through December 2021): The westbound lane is closed for the construction of a senior living facility. Motorists should use Clematis St. or Evernia St. as westbound alternatives.

• 45th St. west of Village Blvd. (until further notice): Periodic daytime eastbound lane closures, and periodic westbound double lane night closures for FPL overhead maintenance.
• 45th St. east of Northpoint Blvd. (until further notice): Periodic daytime westbound right turn lane closures for underground utility work.
• 45th St. east of N. Congress Ave. (until further notice): Periodic eastbound and westbound left-lane closures and southbound left-turn lane closures at N. Congress Ave.
• Australian Ave. at the southeast corner of Belvedere Rd. (until further notice): Periodic northbound lane closure and left-turn lane closure at James L. Turnage Blvd. for underground utility work.
• Australian Ave. north of Australian Ct. (until further notice): Periodic northbound and southbound right lane closures for FPL underground utility work.
• Australian Ave. at Banyan Blvd. (until further notice): Southbound left-turn lane closures for road improvements within the Banyan Blvd. Streetscape Project.
• Haverhill Rd. north of Loring Dr. (until further notice): Periodic southbound and northbound right lane closures for gas main installation.
• Haverhill Rd. north of Caribbean Blvd. to north of Dyer Blvd. (until further notice): Traffic shifted to the east side of Haverhill Rd. for road widening.

• N. Congress Ave. from Presidential Wy. to Embassy Dr. (until further notice): Periodic southbound right-lane closures for FPL pole replacement.
• Florida Mango Rd. over the canal north of Bridgeman Dr. (through Tuesday, January 22, 2022): Periodic lane closures with flaggers controlling traffic for bridge replacement.   

• Eastbound Okeechobee Blvd. at I-95 southbound entrance ramp (through Spring 2022): Eastbound Okeechobee Blvd. will be widened to provide an exclusive turn lane to I-95 southbound. The entrance ramp will be closed to traffic nightly, as needed, 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, for a temporary barrier wall installation. Road closures:

• Okeechobee Blvd. south sidewalk between Church St. and Tamarind Ave. (through Spring 2022.) Sidewalk closure:

• Vehicle Detection & Traffic Signals Improvement Project (through Fall 2021): This project is upgrading traffic signalization with video vehicle detection (camera) systems at area intersections. Motorists should expect slower traffic and construction activity at the following intersections:

• Southern Blvd. Bridge Replacement Project- Flagler Dr. between Southern Blvd. and Worth Ct.: Flagler Dr. will be closed for roadway reconstruction as part of the Southern Blvd. bridge replacement project. Access is reserved for local traffic only. 

• Go west on Worth Ct. N. to Washington Rd.,
• Go north on Washington Rd. to Southern Blvd.,
• Go east on Southern Blvd. to Flagler Dr.

• Go west on Southern Blvd. to Washington Rd.,
• Go South on Washington Rd. to Worth Ct N.,
• Go east on Worth Court N. to Flagler Dr.

• Use the east Flagler Dr. sidewalk.

• Use the north Southern Blvd. sidewalk. 

• For more information, contact FDOT: (866) 336-8435 or https://www.fdot.gov/  .

• Currie Park Boat Docks and Ramps (2400 North Flagler Dr.): Ramps are open daily, sunrise to sunset.
• Lake Mangonia Park Boat Ramps (2957 North Australian Ave): Ramps are open daily, sunrise to sunset.
• Clematis St. Docks (South Clematis St. at South Flagler Dr.): Docks are open daily, from 5:00 a.m. until midnight.
• Fern St. Dock (Fern St. at South Flagler Dr): Dock is open daily, from 5:00 a.m. until midnight. The Fern St. Dock is available for day docking only. No overnight dockage is allowed for boats, dinghies, or kayaks.

• The Waze app,
• The City website:  https://www.wpb.org/government/communications/road-and-dock-closures.
• The City’s eNotifications – Sign up here: https://www.wpb.org/things-to-do/sign-up-for-enotifications-from-the-city-of-wpb.

This press release was produced by the City of West Palm Beach. The views expressed here are the author’s own.