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Do not fill this in! ==Infrastructure== === Transportation === [[File:Town of Palm Beach - lake bikeway.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Lake Trail along the Intracoastal Waterway]] Three bridges traverse the [[Intracoastal Waterway]], linking Palm Beach and West Palm Beach by roadway.<ref name="drawbridge">{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/PDF/Publications/Draw_Bridge_Schedule.pdf|title=Drawbridge openings in Palm Beach County|publisher=Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The northernmost bridge, the Flagler Memorial Bridge, is along [[Florida State Road A1A|State Road A1A]],<ref name="drawbridge"/> which is locally known as Royal Poinciana Way in Palm Beach and Quadrille Boulevard in West Palm Beach.<ref name="atlas p. 60">{{cite web|url=http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg60.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 60)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> First opening in 1938,<ref name="key"/> the bridge underwent a 5-year reconstruction and renovation between 2012 and 2017 at a cost of $106 million.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://cbs12.com/news/local/flagler-memorial-bridge-reopens|title=Flagler Memorial Bridge reopens |first=Thomas |last=Forester |date=July 31, 2017 |work=WPEC |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Florida State Road 704|State Road 704]], also known as Royal Palm Way in Palm Beach and Lakeview Avenue and Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach is the location of the middle bridge.<ref name="atlas p. 60"/> Named the [[Royal Park Bridge]], it first opened in 1911 and was most recently replaced in 2005.<ref name="key"/> The Southern Boulevard Bridge at the conjunction of [[U.S. Route 98]] and [[Florida State Road 80|State Road 80]] (locally known as Southern Boulevard) is the southernmost bridge.<ref name="atlas p. 72">{{cite web|url= http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg72.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 72)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> First completed in 1950,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108957960/the-palm-beach-post/|title=New Bridge Open To Traffic|date=September 15, 1950|page=1|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|accessdate=September 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the bridge underwent a $97 million replacement project between April 2017 and September 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/01/new-southern-boulevard-bridge-connecting-west-palm-palm-beach-opens/7933835001/|author=Wagner, Jodie|date=September 1, 2022|title='A milestone for the community': New Southern Boulevard Bridge opens to traffic|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref> State Road A1A also runs northward through much of Palm Beach, beginning at the southern limits of the town as South Ocean Boulevard until being redirected onto South County Road, which later becomes North County Road. At Royal Poinciana Way, A1A turns westward onto that road and across the Flagler Memorial Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Straight-Line Diagrams Online GIS Web Application - Roadway: 93060000 SR A1A|url=https://fdotewp1.dot.state.fl.us/slogis/blank.aspx?docId=102698|pages=11β15|publisher=[[Florida Department of Transportation]]|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> State Roads 80 and 704 and U.S. Route 98 all terminate shortly after entering the town after intersecting with A1A.<ref name="atlas p. 60"/><ref name="atlas p. 72"/> The town has no interstate highways,<ref name="atlas p. 60"/><ref name="atlas p. 72"/> though [[Interstate 95]] passes through the nearby city of West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discover.pbcgov.org/engineering/Atlas/MapPages/pg59.pdf|title=Roadway Atlas (Page 59)|publisher=Palm Beach County Engineering and Public Works|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Private vehicles and taxis are the predominant means of transport in Palm Beach. Incidents of profiling of lower-cost cars and minorities have occurred, sometimes resulting in tense relations between visitors and the town.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/racially-profiled-in-palm-beach/278047/|title=Racially Profiled in Palm Beach |first=Kevin Noble |last=Maillard |date=July 23, 2013|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The nearby city of West Palm Beach has two train stations. [[Tri-Rail]] and [[Amtrak]] serve the [[West Palm Beach station|Tamarind Avenue station]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbia.org/ground/public-transportation/|title=PBI Public Transportation|publisher=Palm Beach International Airport|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> while the [[Higher-speed rail|higher speed]] [[Brightline]] serves the [[West Palm Beach station (Brightline)|Evernia Street station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gobrightline.com/west-palm-beach|title=West Palm Beach|publisher=Brightline|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> Palm Beach is about {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} east of the [[Palm Beach International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/Faq.aspx?QID=143|title=How close is the nearest airport?|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> The northern and central portions of Palm Beach are served by [[Palm Tran]] Route 41, which travels to places in the town such as the Lake Worth Inlet, North County Road and Wells Road, [[Publix]] (Bradley Place and Sunrise Avenue), Royal Palm Way (State Road 704) and South County Road (State Road A1A), and various points between. The route returns to the Intermodal Transit Center in West Palm Beach, which connects to several other bus routes and is adjacent to the train station on Tamarind Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tripplan.palmtran.org/img/pdf/41.pdf|title=West Palm Beach to Palm Beach Inlet - Route 41|publisher=Palm Beach County Government|date=2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref> ===Police=== The town has its own police department, established on October 17, 1922. Prior to then, town marshal Joseph Borman served in the capacity of chief law enforcer as outlined in the 1911 charter.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/299/Historyof-thePolice-Department|title=History of the Police Department|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> The department employed 61 [[Police officer|officers]] in 2018. With a population of 8,295 people in 2018 according to the Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, this translated to 7.35 officers per 1,000 people, compared to the Florida average of 2.49 officers per 1,000 people. In the same year, the department made 2,039 arrests – equal to about 24,581 arrests per 100,000 people, the highest arrest rate in Florida and over sevenfold the state average. However, many arrests were in relation to non-violent crimes, such as those involving auto theft, criminal traffic citations, fraud, and scams. The police department reported no rapes or homicides in Palm Beach in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20190819/palm-beach-police-dept-has-highest-arrest-rate-in-florida-but-what-does-that-actually-mean|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309195435/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20190819/palm-beach-police-dept-has-highest-arrest-rate-in-florida-but-what-does-that-actually-mean|archive-date=March 9, 2021|title=Palm Beach Police Dept. has the highest arrest rate in Florida, but what does that actually mean?|date=August 19, 2019|first=Wendy|last=Rhodes|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|access-date=April 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Firefighting=== In its early days, the town of Palm Beach depended heavily on the city of West Palm Beach for firefighting efforts. The Flagler Alerts, a volunteer firefighting group which later became the West Palm Beach Fire Department, responded to fires in Palm Beach by traversing the Intracoastal Waterway via ferry or railroad. Delayed response times and high insurance rates eventually led Palm Beach to establish its own fire-rescue department in December 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/810/Expanded-History|title=Expanded History|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> Today, the Palm Beach Fire Rescue has three stations, retains 82 employees – 75 full-time and 7 part-time, and annually responds to approximately 2,600 calls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/226/About-the-Department|title=About the Department|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> ===Utilities=== [[Florida Power & Light]] (FPL) provides electricity to the town of Palm Beach, along with much of the state's east coast. As of December 31, 2019, FPL serves 5 million customers statewide, which is approximately 10 million people.<ref name="fpl">{{cite report|url=http://www.investor.nexteraenergy.com/~/media/Files/N/NEE-IR/investor-materials/shareholder-resources/2019%20NEE%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=NextEra Energy Annual Report 2019|date=December 31, 2019|publisher=NextEra Energy}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Much of the electricity supplied by FPL is sourced from [[natural gas]], followed by [[nuclear power|nuclear energy]].<ref name="fpl"/>{{rp|8}} The nearest FPL power plant is in [[Riviera Beach, Florida|Riviera Beach]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpl.com/clean-energy/natural-gas/riviera.html|title=Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center|publisher=Florida Power & Light Company|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> while the closest nuclear power station is the [[St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant]], on [[Hutchinson Island (Florida)|Hutchinson Island]].<ref name="fpl"/>{{rp|8}} Palm Beach officials have considered [[undergrounding]] at least since commissioning a 2006 study on the burial of electrical lines. In the subsequent years, undergrounding projects were initially performed by neighborhood on a "as requested" basis. However, following a 2014 town council meeting with FPL workers and a related voter-approved ballot question in 2016, it was decided a town-wide undergrounding project would be undertaken at a cost of approximately $90 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/376/UndergroundUtilities|title=Underground Utilities|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> The project is ongoing as of March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://undergrounding.info/undergrounding-program-status-update-as-of-march-30-2020/|title=Undergrounding Program - Status Update As of March 30, 2020|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The town government provides and oversees sewage systems and wastewater treatment. Sewage is collected via {{convert|41|mi|km}} of mainline pipes at the more than 40 pumping stations, which are capable of transporting over {{convert|100000|gal}} of water each minute. The sewage is then pumped into a regional wastewater treatment facility in West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/362/Water-Resources|title=Water Resources|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> Tap water has been supplied by the city of West Palm Beach since 1955, when the city purchased Palm Beach's water system, then owned by the Flagler Water Company. West Palm Beach provided tap water services to the town at no cost until the beginning of 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49580826/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Town set to pursue suit over water fee |first=Tim |last=O'Meilia |date=August 13, 1997|page=1B|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=April 26, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Recycling and garbage collection services are also provided by the town of Palm Beach. The former is taken to a transfer station, where the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority transports the garbage to a landfill in West Palm Beach.<ref name="CP"/>{{rp|IV-3–IV-4}} Vegetative yard trash is taken to two different sites in West Palm Beach.<ref name="CP"/>{{rp|IV-5}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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