TPO's Transportation & Mobility Committee to Discuss the SW 87th Avenue Project Tomorrow
March 8, 2021
Village of Palmetto Bay
The Transportation & Mobility Committee of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) will be meeting on Wednesday, March 10th at 10 am. The committee will review and discuss the SW 87th Avenue Bridge project that was previously presented to and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Then on Thursday, March 18th at 2 pm, the project goes before the TPO Board for final consideration.

On February 2nd, Commissioner Cohen Higgins brought the item before the County Commissioners urging the County Mayor and Commission to move forward with the construction of a bridge over the C-100 canal at SW 87th Avenue from SW 164th Street to SW 163rd Terrace. The resolution also called for the appropriation of $3,100,0000 to implement the project. The project now must be considered and approved by the Transportation Planning Organization at its next Board meeting on March 18th.

Prior to coming before the TPO Board, the project is first being discussed at the committee level. The Transportation Planning Council met today to consider adding the project to the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and the FY2021 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP.) Mayor Cunningham, Councilman Cody and Manager Marano all attended the committee meeting this afternoon to speak on behalf of the Village. Mayor Cunningham and Councilman Cody each presented their cases and provided the reasons why the bridge should not be built, echoing the comments, sentiments and concerns expressed by the majority of Palmetto Bay residents.
While today's meeting was in-person at the Stephen P. Clerk Center, Conference Room 18-3, the Transportation and Mobility Committee will meet virtually on Wednesday, March 10th at 10 am, and will livestream its meeting and accept virtual public comments. This committee will review the LRTP and the TIP and place the bridge project on the TPO agenda. You can read the committee's agenda by clicking here. According to TPO staff, interested parties may:

  1. view a live broadcast of the meeting or speak, where permissible, either in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center (111 NW First Street, Miami FL 33128) located on the first floor or join the meeting live via zoom by registering in advance online at: https://tinyurl.com/TMCmtg-03-10-21
  2. call in live to listen by phone via: telephone: US: 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247; Webinar ID: 980 0718 7146
  3. view a live broadcast on Miami-Dade Television
  4. view a live webcast at https://www.miamidade.gov/webcasting
  5. if you are hearing or speech impaired, you may join the meeting using Florida Relay Service by dialing 711on your telephone

Members of the public in attendance shall wear facial coverings and observe social distancing requirements in accordance with applicable law.  

Then, on March 18th at 2 pm, the TPO Board will meet to consider approval of the recommended changes and authorize the project. To participate in that meeting, members of the public may:

  1. view a live broadcast of the meeting, or speak, where permissible, either in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center (111 NW First Street, Miami FL 33128) located on the first floor or join the meeting live via zoom by registering in advance online at: https://tinyurl.com/TPOBdmtg-3-18-21 
  2. call (305) 679-0060 no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, and leave a voice message which will be played during the TPO meeting
  3. send an e-mail to information@mdtpo.org no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, which will be read into the record
  4. if you are hearing or speech impaired, you may join the meeting using Florida Relay Service by dialing 711on your telephone
Additionally, parties may:
  1. view a live broadcast on Miami-Dade Television
  2. view a live webcast at https://www.miamidade.gov/webcasting
  3. call in live to listen by phone via: telephone: US: 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247; Webinar ID: 972 1989 4498    
 
 
Voice messages, or e-mails read into the record shall not exceed two minutes. If you leave a voice message or e-mail, please include your name, address and the TPO agenda item number(s) you wish to address. You may only leave a voice message or an e-mail. Only the first two minutes will be played or read into the record for those items subject to a public hearing or the reasonable opportunity to be heard.  

Palmetto Bay formed a 4-member 87th Avenue Bridge Task Force to complete a report setting forth the Village's official position on the bridge project. Task Force members have been hard at work to construct a position paper stating the reasons for the Village's opposition to the bridge project and providing alternative solutions to the traffic woes affecting the Palmetto Bay community. Task force members will meet on March 10th at 5:30 pm to present and discuss their draft report before a final report is provided to the TPO in advance of its meeting on March 18th.

We encourage Palmetto Bay residents to remain engaged and participate in the committee and TPO meetings, if possible. Please use the links provided above to participate in the Transportation and Mobility Committee on March 10th at 10 am and the Transportation Planning Organization meeting on March 18th at 2 pm.

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