A stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County was renamed “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard” on Google Maps last week — even before local officials have cast a vote on the proposed honorary designation.
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to consider the item — Consent Agenda 3A-2 — during its July 8 meeting. If approved, the resolution would authorize the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to install ceremonial signage along the portion of Southern Boulevard between Kirk Road and South Ocean Boulevard, including the area bordering President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The measure is part of a broader effort under Florida House Bill 987, which grants honorary names to dozens of roads and transportation facilities across the state. Under the proposal, two sets of signs would be installed in Palm Beach County: one recognizing “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” and the other designating part of the 18000 block of Southern Boulevard as “PBSO Motorman Highway” in honor of three fallen Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies — Corporal Luis Páez, Deputy Dan Diaz, and Deputy Ralph “Butch” Waller.
FDOT crews are already finalizing the sign designs and plan to have them installed by September if the commission gives its approval. The signage would be ceremonial only, meaning official addresses and emergency response systems will continue to use “Southern Boulevard.”
County staff will collect public feedback following installation, and FDOT will conduct a final inspection.
HB 987 includes numerous other honorary designations throughout Florida, including “Celia Cruz Way” and “Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Memorial Highway” in Miami-Dade County, “Jose Wejebe Bridge” in Monroe County, and the “Heroes Memorial Overpass” in Bradford County. It also revises the length of the “Deputy William Gentry, Jr. Memorial Highway” in Highlands County.
