Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council Hosts Road Diet Workshop

 

The Treasure Coast RPC partnered with the Federal Highway Administration to host a Road Diet Workshop in the Village of Tequesta on February 3rd.  Following a public planning charrette facilitated by the Treasure Coast RPC, the Village of Tequesta and the Town of Jupiter unanimously approved a road diet for a 1.3-mile section of US Hwy 1 through the heart of the community.  This segment of roadway will be redesigned from a six-lane high-speed corridor devoid of bicycle facilities to a four-lane roadway with buffered bike lanes, wider sidewalks, paver-block crosswalks, pedestrian-scale lighting, landscaping, and mast-arm traffic signals.  Functioning as Tequesta’s main street, the redesigned US Hwy 1 will provide better access to the growing business district, recreational and cultural facilities, and the County’s bicycle/pedestrian network.  Funded in part by the Village of Tequesta and the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the Treasure Coast RPC planning charrette included the development of a complete streets network through the village, which has experienced an explosion of young families with children in recent years.  The improvements were incorporated into a programmed roadway resurfacing project, which allowed significant cost savings.  The Village of Tequesta US1 Road Diet Project has become a hallmark for roadway reconfigurations state-wide and will provide a connection to the East Coast Greenway, which is a 3,000-mile multi-use corridor running from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida.  The project will also provide improved connections to several unique cultural destinations including Jonathan Dickinson State Park as well as the Jupiter Lighthouse, which is a historic landmark nestled within the Jupiter Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area.

Sponsoring partners for the workshop also included the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach MPO, and Palm Beach County Palm-Tran. For more information, contact Kim DeLaney, Director of Strategic Development and Policy, at kdelaney@tcrpc.org.

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