Westgate Avenue Streetscape Project
Construction of the Westgate Avenue Streetscape Project is complete!
SCOPE: Right of Way improvements on Westgate Avenue between Congress Avenue and Wabasso Drive
PROJECT PARTNERS:
- Palm Beach County BCC & Administration
- Palm Beach County Engineering & Public Works
- Palm Beach County Planning Division
- Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency
- FDoT District 4
- Florida Jobs
- Truist Bank
COST: Approx. $11 million
- FDoT programmed reimbursement – $3.22 million
COMPLETION: Construction mobilization began in early January 2024. Project was substantially completed in April 2025.
PROJECT TIMELINE: Westgate Avenue Streetscape Project Timeline
This capital improvements project + economic development driver reduces lanes from five to three on Westgate Avenue from Suwanee Avenue to Wabasso Drive, add bike lanes, on-street parking, pedestrian-scale lighting, and landscaping in the right-of-way.
The project was conceived through a 2016 grant awarded by the Department of Economic Opportunity (now Florida Jobs) Community Planning Technical Assistance Grant Program to engage consultants to assist in the preparation of a Westgate Avenue Corridor Streetscape Plan. The purpose of the Plan was to create a streetscape design to improve functionality, walkability and multi-modal transit opportunities and to beautify, enhance and create an environment to attract new investment and expand economic vitality along the Westgate Avenue corridor. The Streetscape Plan incorporated input from community and local government stakeholders via a two-part charrette process.
WestgateAvenueStreetscape Westgate Avenue Corridor Streetscape Plan
Westgate Avenue Corridor Streetscape Public Participation Plan
During the FY 2018 Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) Local Initiatives (LI) grant cycle, the CRA, in partnership with PBC Engineering, was awarded $3.22 million in funding from FDOT implement the project.
Westgate Avenue TPA LIP Application Package
The CRA, and its partners, held a Ribbon Cutting event to celebrate the completion of the streetscape project on May 28, 2025. The event was attended by FDOT District 4 Secretary Steven Braun, Palm Beach County Commissioners Gregg Weiss, District 2, and Bobby Powell Jr., District 7, PBC Deptuy Administrator Patrick Rutter, Palm Beach Transporatation Planning Agency Director Valerie Neilson, CRA Board Chair Ronald Daniels, and Board Member (and Westgate resident Ruth Haggerty), PBC Engineer David Ricks, PBC Deputy County Engineer Joanne Keller, representatives from Truist Bank, CRA Staff, and many other partners, colleagues, and community residents.
Ribbon Cutting video: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/814fvyq82unl8itzwbzp0/Westgate-Streetscape-5.mp4?rlkey=yhpohmvcfzh7xradrsbwz0nfb&e=1&st=o6bmsar9&dl=0



