Joel Engelhardt | Stet News

To anyone living in Palm Beach County, it has become clear that rapid growth means more traffic and fewer ways to get around. Growth expected to increase demand for buses and trains; plan to make case for taxpayer support.

The first railroad quiet zone in north county quietly went into effect Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens. After more than two years working to meet stringent federal safety standards at a cost of $125,000, city officials announced July 22 on the city website that the milestone had been achieved.

To anyone living in Palm Beach County, it has become clear that rapid growth means more traffic and fewer ways to get around. Welcome to the countywide transportation master plan.

Palm Beach County’s lawsuit against Palm Beach Gardens over impact fees is in its fifth year and showing no signs of abating.

Larry Robbins doesn’t play goalie but the billionaire hockey fan and philanthropist may have just made his greatest save. Robbins pledged $41.5 million to meet a July 3 deadline to line up the financing and start construction of a two-rink ice complex at Plant Drive Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County agreed to pay $16.7 million, 32 percent above appraised value, to build a crisis stabilization center at 100 N. Benoist Farms Road.

As experts predicted, the nearly double-digit increases in the Palm Beach County tax rolls slowed this year after a three-year ride. Property values rose 7.7% countywide, a slower increase than in the past three years.

A task force reduced the field of nearly 100 applicants for Palm Beach County administrator to seven last week, providing a look at the arguments likely to shape the debate over who should get the $400,000-a-year job.

West Palm Beach officials have long argued against the extension — alongside the Ibis Golf and Country Club — on environmental grounds, fearing the four-lane roadway would harm the neighboring Grassy Waters Preserve, a 23-square-mile preserve that holds city drinking water before it is treated.

No one lays claim to texts, sent in the name of little-known political committee, that alerted residents to a proposal to sell 55 acres to developer Stephen Ross for a private school. The messages urged recipients to call their city commissioner — many did.

Avenir developers sued in 2021 to challenge Palm Beach County’s decision to charge $105 million for roads; ruling could reduce bill by nearly $43 million.

The race for an open seat on the Palm Beach Gardens City Council is ablaze over firefighting, pitting establishment favorites against newcomers.