Palm Beach is one step closer to giving residents the holiday gift of peace and quiet this season. Town officials recently gave the initial thumbs-up to a new rule that would ban construction from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. The goal? Less traffic, less noise, and fewer cement trucks clogging up the island during one of the busiest (and most festive) weeks of the year.
The island already bans construction on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day — but this extends the break for the full holiday week. Builders aren’t exactly thrilled, saying they’re being unfairly blamed for the island’s traffic headaches, but town leaders are focused on keeping things calm for residents.
Meanwhile, over in West Palm Beach, officials are cracking down on construction-related parking chaos. A new permitting process would make developers show exactly where workers will park — and actually enforce it — so quiet neighborhood streets don’t turn into construction zone parking lots.
Final vote on Palm Beach’s holiday construction ban comes next month. Stay tuned!