INITIATIVES
Beach Road Public Bench Replacement
Working in partnership with Palm Beach County (PBC), the BRA replaced all six existing public benches along Beach Road. Starting from the west side of Cato’s Bridge and north to County Line Road. The old benches were in various stages of decline and needed to be replaced. Working with PBC, the BRA covered the entire cost of the new benches, and PBC agreed to install and maintain them. All work was completed in the first week of June 2025.
There were several old benches that, over the years, were paid for by various families, each displaying a commemorative plaque in remembrance of an individual family member. Before ordering the new benches, the BRA reached out to all the families to ask if they would like a new replacement plaque on the benches. We received one response and worked with that family to ensure the replacement bench would display a new plaque bearing their family's name. In addition, the other new benches feature a plaque from the BRA dedicating them to all residents and visitors of Jupiter Island.
The BRA is proud to provide new benches for use by all on Beach Road. Residents and all visitors who frequent the great outdoor experience along Beach Road.
Intracoastal Waterway Jupiter Narrows No Wake Zone Approved
Following the culmination of seven-plus years of concerted effort from the leadership of the Beach Road Association and others in working to secure a no-wake zone in the Jupiter Narrows waterway, in February 2025 , the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) established a 24/7 year-round slow speed, minimum wake zone to enhance public safety in an area known for high vessel traffic and congestion. The restricted zone begins at Cato’s Bridge and extends approximately 2,225 feet north.
The FWC conducted a vessel traffic study to assess waterway usage and vessel traffic within Jupiter Narrows. The study, which took place from May 23 to June 5, 2024, used shore-based stationary and drone video analysis over 14 consecutive days. Following the study, FWC Boating and Waterways staff held one in-person public meeting on Nov. 19, in Tequesta and another virtual public meeting on Dec. 17, to discuss the proposed rule change (68D-24.017) establishing the boating restricted area.
The study found that Jupiter Narrows experiences significant vessel congestion, with a mix of users including paddleboarders, kayakers, personal watercraft, motorized vessels of various sizes and swimmers from Coral Cove Park. At low tide, the already narrow waterway becomes even more constricted, forcing all users into closer proximity with high-speed motorized traffic.
On June 17, 2025, contractors installed new signage to mark the boating restricted area in the Jupiter Narrows. The markers are positioned approximately 100 feet outside the east and west sides of the channel, in front of Coral Cove Park, about 700 feet north of marker 59.
The BRA is very proud to be an integral part of this important accomplishment that will make the Jupiter Narrows a much better and safer place for our members and all other people that recreate in this beautiful and truly unique part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
