HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-89-0423RESOLUTION NO. 89-41 1
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE-
WIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
AND URGING THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO RESTORE FUNDING
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE $RICKELL
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AND ADOPTED THIS Day Of , _MaY,. ---9
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CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
-K—OBERT F. CLERK
CHIEF -DEPUTY -CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: RtLEe
To: The Ho Mayor and MAY
` 2 1989
Members of, the City Commission SUBJECT:
Resolution supporting
funding for anew Brickell
Avenue Bridge.
FROM: REFERENCES:
Cesar Odizgt
City ManaENCLOSURES:
Recommendation
It is recommended, that the Commission
-adopt the attached Resolution
which recognizes the 'need for additional funding for statewide
i, transport
improvemeata, urges..the Legislature.to restore funding
for the new Brickell Avenue Bridge to the current #iver�-year
tramportation,capital,.improvement plan, and .requests that'fuads be
allocated for an aesthetic design for this "gateway"`bridge'.
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'Background T{,
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Until the State Department of`Transportation's recent fiscal cri'sis,,
the" Brie. Avenue Bridge was to, be replaced by a higher, wider
bridge scheduled for construction in 1990. '. This pr'o'j'ect' has'? now
been,,,, moved back to. 1994 or, 1995 Which is unacceptable in, light"'_of:`
traffic ' conditions in Downtown Miami . A" number -,'of largs s"cafe
commac;c_ial -aad residential projects are planned or under
construction on both sides of the Miami river. Most of these will>>
The will generate considerably. more
be completed . ip 1991-ig93. y
traffic over the Brickell Bridge than currentlq "experienced:;
Consequently it:; s very important that $ new bridge be.canmtructed:
and ready for use by 1993.
�1. A1$o, the new, ;higher bridge will require approximately �►-0X fewest.
o eaingis thaa the_:existing bridge. Each opeaing,resul in ' id Kai
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lack connditions � im the south eastera portion `'of ` Own Owl
traffic =for.,sevelcal cni'nl�tes.
Be.sdes: returning the bridge toy an.early saastructon sict}edu�.e k
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important that,} the 3tate`i Allocate" funds 'for ala aesthetic ^1�6aG1 ga�ffp:
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Wbioh �ervei9 : $S ma jQar t.
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staadard bri;:dge ;desiga '`� s not` suf.ficieat Apr tbiB lr4 � r `
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pads Aay.sgatioa' Chairman keprssentativ�a John CQscrr
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