ARRESTED MORAN. HE FACES A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. COVERING THE TREASURE COAST TODAY, THE PORT SAINT LUCIE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION AT VILLAGE AND TRADITION PARKWAY. THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THAT INTERSECTION HAS LONG BEEN A HEADACHE FOR DRIVERS. JADE JARVIS IS LIVE THERE AT THE INTERSECTION. AND JADE, YOU SPOKE TO DRIVERS IN THE AREA? YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. TIFFANY. DRIVERS I SPOKE WITH SAY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL MAKE THIS INTERSECTION SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT. MOTION TO APPROVE ALTERNATIVE THREE. SECOND. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION OF VILLAGE AND TRADITION. PARKWAYS LABELED ALTERNATIVE THREE, IT LISTS A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL TURNING LANES, DEDICATED TURNING SIGNALS, NO U-TURN AND NO TURN ON RED SIGNS. IT’S BEEN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, AND I KNOW THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. THEY’VE MADE A FEW ALONG THE WAY, SO ANYTHING THEY CAN DO THAT’LL BE GOOD. I THINK WE SPOKE TO DRIVERS STOPPING FOR GAS AT THE WAWA, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. ONE OF THE ISSUES I THINK, IS, AND THEY’VE FIXED SOME OF IT, IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TURNING AND THE VOLUME, FOR ONE THING, JUST THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. IT’S UNREAL. ALTERNATIVE THREE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THE PROPOSALS. AT JUST OVER $1.5 MILLION, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED RESIDENT FEEDBACK, WHICH WAS NOTED BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHILE MAKING THEIR DECISION. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO RESIDENTS. ANYONE WHO THINKS OR SAYS THAT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS DON’T MATTER OR THINGS ARE THINGS ARE ALREADY DECIDED BEFORE YOU GO TO THE PUBLIC MEETING. THAT’S THAT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. THOSE WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY’RE HAPPY CHANGES ARE COMING. I MEAN, THAT’S REALLY GREAT. BUT WE’LL SEE. I THINK IT’S FANTASTIC. I THINK IT’S NEEDED. AND AND IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. NEXT, THE CITY WILL FINALIZE THE PROJECT FOR BIDDING AND THEN THEY HOPE TO GET CONSTRUCTION UNDERW
Port St. Lucie city council approves Village and Tradition Pkwy. intersection improvements
Updated: 6:04 PM EDT Apr 20, 2026
Monday, the Port St. Lucie City Council approved a plan to improve the intersection of Village and Tradition parkways.The traffic congestion at the intersection has long been a headache for drivers.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25“It’s a little bit chaotic, you know, a lot of traffic, a lot of wait time. But I don’t think the signals are really timed properly,” Ian Skidmore, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.“The left turn lane, the timing is too short. You just, you get there, and it’s like, boom, you know, and it’s blocked up. So, I think they need to do some better timing with the traffic lights and with sensors, possibly when that car is there, like depending on how—what the heavy load is or what time of the day it is,” Skidmore said.Navigating the intersection is a necessary but frustrating part of the day for many drivers in Port St. Lucie.“It’s kind of dangerous sometimes. Like, you don’t really know what other people are going to do,” Jasmine Sims, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.That’s why city council approved a proposal to improve the intersection at a workshop on Monday morning.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsLabeled “Alternative Three,” it lists a number of improvements, including the construction of additional turning lanes, dedicated turning signals, no U-turn, and “no turn on red” signs.“We’ve been here seven years, and it’s needed some things done the entire time we’ve been here, but they have made some improvements, so let’s hope they make the next steps,” Michelle Teschendorf, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.It is the most expensive of the proposals at just over $1.5 million, but it also included resident feedback, which was noted by members of the council while making their decision.“I just want to give a word of encouragement to residents. Anyone who thinks or says that the public meetings don’t matter, or things are already decided before you go to the public meeting, that’s absolutely not true,” District 3 Councilman Anthony Bonna, Sr. said at Monday’s workshop.Drivers said they’re happy changes are on the way. “I’m glad they’re finally going to do something to fix it up and do it,” Teschendorf said.Next, the city will finalize the project for bidding with hopes of getting construction underway in August.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —
Monday, the Port St. Lucie City Council approved a plan to improve the intersection of Village and Tradition parkways.
The traffic congestion at the intersection has long been a headache for drivers.
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
“It’s a little bit chaotic, you know, a lot of traffic, a lot of wait time. But I don’t think the signals are really timed properly,” Ian Skidmore, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.
“The left turn lane, the timing is too short. You just, you get there, and it’s like, boom, you know, and it’s blocked up. So, I think they need to do some better timing with the traffic lights and with sensors, possibly when that car is there, like depending on how—what the heavy load is or what time of the day it is,” Skidmore said.
Navigating the intersection is a necessary but frustrating part of the day for many drivers in Port St. Lucie.
“It’s kind of dangerous sometimes. Like, you don’t really know what other people are going to do,” Jasmine Sims, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.
That’s why city council approved a proposal to improve the intersection at a workshop on Monday morning.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
Labeled “Alternative Three,” it lists a number of improvements, including the construction of additional turning lanes, dedicated turning signals, no U-turn, and “no turn on red” signs.
“We’ve been here seven years, and it’s needed some things done the entire time we’ve been here, but they have made some improvements, so let’s hope they make the next steps,” Michelle Teschendorf, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said.
It is the most expensive of the proposals at just over $1.5 million, but it also included resident feedback, which was noted by members of the council while making their decision.
“I just want to give a word of encouragement to residents. Anyone who thinks or says that the public meetings don’t matter, or things are already decided before you go to the public meeting, that’s absolutely not true,” District 3 Councilman Anthony Bonna, Sr. said at Monday’s workshop.
Drivers said they’re happy changes are on the way.
“I’m glad they’re finally going to do something to fix it up and do it,” Teschendorf said.
Next, the city will finalize the project for bidding with hopes of getting construction underway in August.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.