New Look To Downtown Riviera Beach

The Riviera Beach City council has adopted a controversial view for the future hopes of revitalizing the city. Community Redevelopment Agency officials recently unveiled their plans to raze much of downtown and build a City Place (West Palm Beach) type of environment.

However, the plans for the new city center will result in the relocation of about 5,100 people from some 2,200 home in order to carry out the plan. The redevelopment plans include re-routing Broadway (U.S. 1) to the west about a block and completely altering the look of the city center area. The new road will have several traffic-calming circles and commercial traffic will be rerouted away from the downtown area.

The development plans include businesses and homes along Blue Heron Blvd. from Ave. F east to the ocean and along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. north to Silver Beach Road.

Posted by Donald Urschalitz P.A. at May 3, 2004 11:45 AM