Saturday, July 11, 2015

Sun Sentinel: "Traffic surges on Lyons Road in western Palm Beach County"

This is an excellent piece of reporting by Angel Streeter. Along with the text of the article there is also a video, a map, and helpful links. Already Lyons Road is over-capacity; this is from the article:
Lyons Road between Clint Moore Road and Atlantic Avenue has the highest growth in traffic than any section of road in Palm Beach County. Traffic jumped from 7,961 vehicles a day to 14,399 — an 81 percent increase — on one section between 2013 and 2015.
Here are the first few paragraphs that give you an idea how bad the traffic situation is:
The road with the most traffic growth in Palm Beach County in recent years isn't Glades Road, Okeechobee Boulevard or State Road 7.
     Lyons Road, a quaint, suburban road that serves the county's western communities, has seen traffic grow on some sections in recent years at a pace that is hard to rival.
     With new housing developments, shopping centers and better access to the west, the county is planning a series of widening projects on Lyons to accommodate the growth. Five projects are planned in the next three years, more than any other road in the county.