Officials Urge ‘Work From Home,’ ‘Staycations’ During Northlake Closure

We’re just under three weeks until the closure of Northlake Boulevard at the Beeline Highway, which around 70,000 drivers are dreading, and County leaders are asking for a favor.

“If you live out that way, if you can avoid having work done at your house. If you can avoid anything that’s going to add to the traffic out there during this period of time, this week, that we’re going to have this closure. Everybody will benefit from it. One less car is going to be one less car that everybody has to deal with.”

Commissioner Gregg Weiss refers to people living in western communities like The Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves, who would typically cross the intersection that will be shut down for eight days starting August 1st for a major CSX railroad project…

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