The City of Deerfield Beach and the Florida Department of Transportation District Four is holding a public hearing for the State Road (SR) A1A Project Development and Environment Study, Financial Management Number: 420416-1-28-01. This public hearing is being conducted to give interested persons an opportunity to express their views concerning the location, conceptual design, and social, economic, and environmental effects of the proposed improvements of SR A1A from S. E. Third Street to N. E. Seventh Street for a distance of approximately 0.8 mile and in accordance with Federal Executive Orders 11990 and 11988. The project consists of replacing the existing substandard two-lane roadway with a new two-lane road with bike lanes; curb and gutter; and a complete sidewalk system. Other improvements involve intersection improvements at SR A1A and Hillsboro Boulevard; intersection improvements at SR A1A and N. E. 20th Terrace; and water quality and water quantity treatment required by the South Florida Water Management District. This project will enhance mobility, safety, emergency access and truck movement within and through the City of Deerfield Beach. The draft project documents and other information will be available for review from Thursday, October 28, 2010, to Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the Deerfield Beach Percy White Branch Library, 837 E. Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach, as well as at the Deerfield Beach City Hall, 150 N. E. Second Avenue, Deerfield Beach, Florida from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Persons wishing to submit written statements or other exhibits, in place of or in addition to oral statements, may do so at the hearing or by sending them to the: City’s Project Manager, Mr. Bernard Buxton-Tetteh, 200 Goolsby Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, FL. All exhibits or statements postmarked on or before November 28, 2010, will become part of the public hearing record.