The Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) was created by the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21^st Century Act” and continued in the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST) Act of 2015 to improve state and local transportation facilities that provide access to and though federal lands for visitors and recreationists.

The CRA, on behalf of the City, submitted a project application for a FLAP Grant that would, if awarded, help fund the Boynton Beach Boulevard Complete Streets project.

On April 24, 2019, this project was selected and fully funded (for $631,530) for use towards Engineering design of the full project (see attachment 1 – Award Letter).  The project is currently included in the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) work program for design in Fiscal Year 2021 and construction in Fiscal Year 2023.

FDOT will be responsible for the design, construction, and administration of the project.

At this time, FDOT requires a resolution authorizing them to proceed with design and construction of the Boynton Beach Boulevard Complete Street Project.

The improvements as shown on the attached FDOT approved typical cross section (see Attachment 2 – Design Section) are completely within the Florida Department of Transportation’s right-of-way and include:

• Reducing the width of the travel lanes from 12 feet to 10 feet plus an 11 foot wide (designated sharrow lane to be shared with bicyclists) on each side of the road.
• Adding a 15’ shared use path on the south side of the road.

• Constructing 9’ sidewalk on the north side of the road.

The timing of construction, as required by the grant, in year 2023 allows the project to be coordinated with the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency’s Local Initiatives Program (TPA LI) grant (Attachment 3 – TPA Grant) and the FDOT’s I-95 Interchange project and the City time to complete Town Square and for the completion of the private developments of the Villages of East Ocean and Ocean One.  The added benefits to the City, in addition to the reimbursement, would be that construction traffic, from redevelopment in the downtown, would not prematurely age the Boynton Beach Boulevard improvements and the roadway construction from US 1 to I-95 may be done within the same time period to minimize disruptions to the residents, businesses, and visitors.

The City will be reimbursed $631,530 for design in year 2021.

Do not accept the grant and pay for design, construction and administration services with City and/or CRA funds.