Other residents pointed out that 87th and 77th avenues are major thoroughfares that are intended to carry traffic north and south and thought it would help alleviate some of the strain on S. It’s going to be a real dangerous thing.” “If you put a bridge on 87th over that canal, it’s going to be bumper to bumper past 144th Street to US 1, all the way back to Old Cutler Road,” he said. Victor Balmaseda said he has driven along parts of 87th Avenue and is familiar with traffic there. “You’ve got to create flow or you’re going to have bottlenecks,” he said. Resident Mike Hernandez, who lives in the affected neighborhood, said it takes him longer to get out of his neighborhood in the mornings because there is no bridge.

Public comments about the resolution were divided, with some residents against bridges on 77th and 87th avenues, and others favoring the bridges. Resolutions against bridging proposing studies forĬonnectivity in Palmetto Bay and all of South Miami-DadeĪnd identifying a funding source for the plan Village of Palmetto Bay rescinding all previous

Plan, specifically as it relates to connectivity for the Petitioning Miami-Dade County to update their traffic Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida, relating to traffic resolution of the Mayor and Village Council of the 6, and most attendees apparently were interested in voicing their opinions about the ongoing issue of Miami-Dade County’s plan to construct bridges on SW 77th and SW 87th avenues where those roads are interrupted by a canal.Įarlier meetings also were attended by representatives of neighboring Cutler Bay, which has expressed a desire for the bridges to be built to improve traffic flow from there northward through Palmetto Bay.Ī resolution before the council, sponsored by Councilmember David Singer, addressed this issue.

Miami Community Events | Photo Gallery | Miami Community NewsĪ sign opposing proposed bridges was placed in the area near SW 87th Avenue.Ī full house of Palmetto Bay residents attended the regular monthly council meeting at Village Hall on Monday, Jan.

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