HUTCHINSON ISLAND
Ellyse Trethric
A new roundabout leading into a larger parking area greets visitors to South Jetty Park. Straight ahead is
the ocean.
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road project changed the whole perception
of the area from the end of South
Bridge to Ocean Village, according to
longtime Realtor Pat Murphy. “It has
already helped our real estate sales,”
Murphy said. “The whole island was
way undervalued before, but it’s a
very impressive and beautiful roadway
now.” People on side streets have
begun to landscape and fix up their
homes, he says, perhaps inspired by
the newly elegant look around them.
“I don’t think we’re going to see big
spurts of growth because it’s pretty
well built out, though,” he said.
But Fort Pierce Mayor Linda Hudson
said tourism is likely to pick up
on South Beach now that the area
resembles some of the more posh
seaside spots around Florida. After city
commission conferences with business
owners from the beach area, the city’s
planning and police departments were
directed to work together on rules for
a mini-entertainment district, she said.
However, “there are residents around
there, so there will be limits on what
can be done.”
Seaway Drive and South Ocean
Drive were rebuilt from North U.S. 1
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