Jupiter CRA to weigh $1.5 million Indiantown Road roundabout tied to Whole Foods plaza

By Jupiter Tide Staff

A new roundabout planned for Indiantown Road just east of U.S. 1, in front of the shopping plazas where Whole Foods and Total Wine are headed, goes before the Jupiter Community Redevelopment Agency tonight, Thursday, Nov. 5.

The CRA board, which is made up of the five Town Council members, will be asked to add the East Indiantown Road Elongated Roundabout to its five-year capital spending plan. It will also consider a $90,400 work order with engineering firm Culpepper & Terpening for design, surveying and permitting, according to the meeting agenda and staff reports.

Town staff estimate the cost at about $1.5 million. The owner of The Shoppes at Jupiter agreed to put $750,000 toward design and construction as part of its site plan approval, and the CRA would pay the rest, according to the staff report.

When the council approved the shopping center's redesign in early October, it required traffic safety work at the plaza's Indiantown Road driveway. The town's traffic engineer concluded that an elongated roundabout was the safest way to handle cars entering and leaving the plazas on that four-lane stretch, the report says.

According to the town's project sheet, the roundabout would allow turns that aren't permitted there today, add a mid-block crossing and safer bike and pedestrian access, and slow traffic. The median would be landscaped and signed as a gateway on the road to the beaches.

The town would manage design and construction and "make efforts to complete the project before the new stores open," the staff report says. It projects construction would wrap up in the second quarter of 2028, depending on CRA priorities, permits, bidding, utility work and site conditions. A construction contract would come back to the board later.

That timeline matches the opening estimates the Palm Beach Post has reported for the plaza: late 2027 for Total Wine and spring 2028 for Whole Foods. Neither retailer has announced an opening date.

The Town Council meets right after the CRA, at 7 p.m. Its agenda includes the second reading of Ordinance 42-26, which rewrites the town's stopping, standing and parking rules; a $515,396 resurfacing job for Jupiter Commerce Park; and a state grant of up to $125,000 for Sawfish Bay stormwater quality work. Full rundown: Jupiter council night.

The CRA meets at 6:30 p.m., before the 7 p.m. Town Council meeting, in the Town Council Chambers at Jupiter Town Hall, 210 Military Trail. Anyone who wants to speak on an agenda item can fill out a comment card at the meeting. Comments on items not on the agenda are limited to three minutes. The meeting streams live at jupiter.fl.us/Live. People who need disability accommodations should contact the Town Clerk's office at [email protected] or 561-741-2530 at least 48 hours ahead.

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