Little progress after lot bought to eliminate U-turn

the land, the preliminary plan was to build a roundabout on the parcel on Indi- It’s been a year since the antown Road at Daniel’s Town of Jupiter bought a Way, so Daniel’s Way could 2-acre lot next to Jupiter be diverted with an opening High School with the goal of at Philadelphia Drive. This improving safety for motor- would reduce the need for ists. But since the $2.8 mil- motorists to make a U-turn. lion purchase on April 4, “The ultimate goal is to 2017, little progress has been signalize the section so there made. is no need for the dangerous

“We have c lea red t he U-turn for people who want lan d ,” said Mayor Todd to head west,” Wodraska Wodraska about the vacant said. property, which had become The plan is still in the a dumping ground for trash beginning phase and there and a gathering spot for is no funding yet for this homeless people. “Unfor- project, Wodraska said. He tunately, nothing happens added that the next step is quickly, but I am glad we to have a discussion about purchased it.” the land with the school dis

When the town bought trict, but no meetings have been scheduled.

The lot sits next to Jupiter High, which has about 400 student drivers, while about 1, 500 students are dropped off daily. The school has about 200 employees.

According to Jupiter records, about 48,000 vehicles a day travel Indiantown Road between Military Trail and Center Street.

There have been 27 crashes since 2012 adjacent to the property, including three involving bicycles and one involving a pedestrian. Most crashes happened during peak high school traffic periods, according to the town.