Bluegill Trail Closed Due to Construction

PRESS RELEASE

The Bluegill Trail north of PGA Boulevard (Sandhill Crane Access Park) is under construction and the eastern levee of the C-18 has been posted as a construction site from Sandhill Crane Access Park to just south of the Reese bridge. Although the site has been posted at Sandhill Crane Access Park, 154^th in Palm Beach Country Estates and near the Reese bridge, the contractor and our ERM inspectors are reporting that they are still encountering individuals riding, walking, jogging or bicycling on the levee.

 

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD THAT THE EASTERN LEVEE OF THE C-18 IS CLOSED TO PUBLIC USE 24/7 UNTIL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE

 

You can help by:

• incorporating an article about the construction into an online or print newsletter
• providing a website link to the latest Bluegill Trail fact sheet (see:http://www.co.palm-beach.fl. us/erm/downloads/pdf/ projectfactsheets/ BluegillTrailfs.pdf)
• making a public announcement at a group meeting
• spreading the news through your e-mail lists.

 

Poster size copies of the fact sheet have been provided to Riverbend Park, Sandhill Crane Access Park and ERM has mounted one in the pass-through opening  at the 154^th “yellow” gate” in Palm Beach Country Estates. The Donald Ross Landowners Association will be including an article on the construction in their next community newsletter.

 

Trespass through a construction site is a felony offence, not a misdemeanor. Posting the construction site is done for public safety and to protect the contractor’s equipment and supplies kept on the site during construction. Wildlands Task Force officers will enforce against trespassers.

 

For most of the construction period, the Reese bridge will remain open to users accessing the C-18 from the SFWMD pass-through gate that is locater north east of the bridge. During bridge construction and construction of the segment of the trail between the new bridge and the fence around Riverbend Park, this side of the levee will also be closed to public use.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Sally Channon, AICP

NENA Project Management

Environmental Enhancement and Restoration Division

Department of Environmental Resources Management

561-233-2429