Spanish River Boulevard near the El Rio Trail crossing, Aug. 2025. (Photo: Boca Daily News)
Boca Raton’s city council has awarded a contract to a consulting firm that will move the long-awaited Spanish River Boulevard underpass project from a conceptual phase to its design phase.
The project, first initiated in 2020 as part of the city’s comprehensive plan, calls for the construction of an underpass at the El Rio Trail crossing along Spanish River in order to protect pedestrians and cyclists from busy traffic in the corridor that originated with the I-95/FAU interchange…