Traffic Calming coming to Federal Highway in Lake Worth Beach

In addition, the Florida Department of Transportation has two projects planned for the road in 2024/25. The first project will start at 10th Avenue to 6th Avenue North. And the second project, a year later, from 6th Avenue North to Arlington Road.

Lake Worth Commission wants to slow-down speeders on Federal Highway

Speeders in Lake Worth

We see them every day; they are all over some major roads within our city...6th Avenue South comes to mind immediately as well as Lake Osborne Drive.

"Residents of Lake Worth Beach have long complained to city commissioners about the speeders along Federal Highway. Now officials are trying to do something about it."

There are never cops around when you need them it seems.

We, out here in the western community along Lake Osborne Drive, part of the most neglected district in Lake Worth, have been trying to get traffic calming for a very long time as the county road is dangerous to cross for wildlife and humans alike. Senior citizens live along a long strip of road. I forward photos of destruction and dead wildlife to no avail. We are ignored and silence is the mantra.

The commission, however, is all involved now with roundabouts on Federal Highway to slow down the traffic there. FDOT would have to approve of the project and FDOT would pay for it.

Read the Palm Beach Post article

Drunk on Akron

DRUNK DRIVER--13117813--LAKE WORTH RD & AKRON ST--9/8/2013 1:08:00 AM

It was probably that speed bump that got his brain all rattled. He disembarked from his vehicle walking like a drunk.

Speed Bump on Akron

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The owner who lives on the east side of the street directly near this obnoxious bump came after me today like a maniac. He is as obnoxious as this bump. I almost called 911 to report Senior abuse. He followed me to Sabor/Publix raving like a banshee at the top of his lungs, blasting his horn, calling me every name in the book because I gave him a little toot of my horn as I crossed the bump.

Public Works informed me today that this bump will be replaced with a normal bump in the new budget year that begins October 1. That's good because we don't want this "abuser" to have a stroke or anything. The woman across the street from him who got the petition signed for the bump has her place up for sale.

In the meantime, drivers are getting whip lash crossing the obstruction and this guy is still getting his jollies off, mad at the world. His dog loves him though.

Speed bump on Akron Street

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Would you want to travel over this speed bump?
It feels as if you need an all terrain vehicle.

One of the residents on this street who lets his dog run wild, has been complaining for years about speeders on this street that is one block long. He even posted a sign on a palm tree about speeding. All drivers from the Lake Osborne area use this street to go to Publix or to our downtown with a street light at the end on Lake Worth Road.

The city has now installed a removable speed bump that has a rise approximately 3-4 inches high. There are no signs alerting drivers to this bump thanks to one of the neighbors who took them down--he didn't want this atrocity in front of his house. As you approach, you have to reduce your speed from a 25 mph speed zone down to about 1-2 mph in order to cross it without damage to your vehicle.

Former Public Works director, Joe Kroll, bought a bunch of these temporary rubber speed bumps and the city thought it would try one out...no sense in allowing anything to rot or go to waste, right?.

The owner who was behind the installation of this bump was sitting in his front yard watching all the cars hitting the bump getting his jollies off I suppose.  5 mph is too fast for this bump. The city has everyone driving to a crawl.