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Traffic Armageddon awaits The Acreage, in Palm Beach County. For eight days before school starts in August, the 41,000 cars and trucks that normally travel back and forth every day on Northlake Boulevard will be diverted into the maze-like network of already jammed two-lane roads that wind through the semi-rural community.

A Thursday commission vote authorizing a new land-use designation will kick off a far-reaching program to bring the city’s zoning code more in line with county rules that encourage taller, denser buildings up to one mile from fixed-rail stations such as Metrorail.

Despite laws that allow construction noise waivers only in emergencies and to avoid risks to life and property, records reveal that for years city officials have been rubberstamping applications, even for routine job-site operations.

For $1,600 in monthly maintenance, the Miami-based company SmartCore gives her access to data that would flag any possible damage and help assess the reasons, which could be used in case of potential litigation.

More than 1,200 new units rising 20 stories or more have been proposed or approved in the once-sleepy waterfront stretching north from Good Samaritan Medical Center to 54th Street.

Pervasive issues of low pay, low access to healthcare and benefits and work conditions are highlighted in a survey of 302 South Florida construction workers.

State transportation officials outlined plans for phased shutdowns of the I-95 and U.S. 1 flyover exits from Key Biscayne in July.

Residents of the waterfront El Cid neighborhood, bristled at a Tamarind-area business owner’s suggestion that a three-year, $22 million project blocking Tamarind Avenue “would never happen in El Cid.”

According to the Florida Department of Transportation in 2017-2021 statewide, Florida experienced more than 53,000 work-zone related crashes, including more than 356 fatalities, and more than 1,904 severe injuries.

Property taxes collected through discretionary 1.5-mill local levies and allocated for constructing and renovating traditional public schools and buying land could largely go toward charter schools through the state budget.

U.S. employers added 372,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. Despite slightly slower job growth, the labor market remains an economic bright spot.

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