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Project Overview and Benefits
As West Avenue is one of the lowest lying areas in the city, the West Avenue Neighborhood Improvement Project is crucial to ensuring your neighborhood stays dry and remains a walkable, active community for years to come. Flooding is expected to worsen as the city is anticipated to face 14 to 30 inches of sea level rise over the next 30 years (Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, 2019).
The project’s critical upgrades represent a comprehensive neighborhood improvement program, focused on resolving challenges associated with climate impacts and aging infrastructure. The proposed improvements within the West Avenue neighborhood include replacement of the existing water distribution/transmission systems and gravity sanitary sewers; installation of a robust storm water drainage collection and pumping system, including raising of the paved roads, sidewalks and harmonization within the adjacent private properties; installation of street and pedestrian lighting; new traffic signals and mast arms; additional landscaping and irrigation; and the construction of a new Baywalk segment .
What's Happening
To lessen community impacts, the project area is broken into nine construction segments (please see map below). Work will commence in Segment 1 and continue through Segment 9. Construction is anticipated to begin in April 2023.
We are happy to report that the harmonization coordination of the segment 2 area is going strong. The team has met with all 18 of the properties that require harmonization, with six agreements executed and the remaining in review. The meetings have been positive, and we are confident that all agreements will be executed shortly.
The team is preparing harmonization packages for Segment 3 properties and meetings with these properties will be scheduled within the next month. We encourage building board members and property managers to reach out to our Public Information Liaison to ensure we have the latest contact information for each property so we may schedule your upcoming meeting.
In respect to parking restrictions during construction, there will be times where on street parking spaces will be temporarily impacted while work is performed. The team is considering all viable options to provide relief to the neighborhood during construction, including the use of private parking garages.
We want to thank the community for their collaboration during this time. A big thanks to the residents within Segment 2 for making yourselves available to meet with the team and discuss work at your buildings. We look forward to contacting upcoming segments for more successful discussions.
Who to Contact
For more information, please contact Public Information Liaison Heather M. Leslie at heather@hmlpublicoutreach.com.
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