Port St. Lucie Shopping Center Associates v. Board of County Commissioners

Appellants own a shopping center at the northwest corner of the intersection of Prima Vista Blvd. and U.S. 1 in St. Lucie County. They brought this inverse condemnation action for loss of access because the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) closed a median cut on Prima Vista Blvd., requiring eastbound motorists on Prima Vista to proceed to the traffic light at the intersection and then make a permitted U-turn in order to enter the shopping center from the westbound lane. Access from the westbound lane was not affected.

The trial court correctly concluded that there was no compensable loss…