County Wants Connected Commercial Strip Malls

Palm Beach County is considering requiring developers to link shops with neighboring retailers so customers don't add to traffic problems as they move from one strip mall to the next.

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October 29, 2002, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Unless builders of gated communities are also forced to interconnect developments, planners and environmentalists say the county's traffic system is doomed to fail. Most of the subdivisions approved by the county in the past five years have been gated communities that aggravate traffic problems by dumping cars onto main roads, oftern from a single exit.

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

FULL STORY: Palm Beach County wants strip malls to link up with each others

Monday, October 28, 2002 in Sun-Sentinel

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