R-506-70 RESOLUTION NO. 506
A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF A BISCAYNE BAY PARK-
WAY AND IN OPPOSITION TO A PRESENTLY PROPOSED
NORTHEAST DADE EXPRESSWAY
WHEREAS, the State of Florida and Dade County have promul-
gated a series of plans for future expressway and rapid transit systems in
Dade County, which plans include among other things a proposed expressway
running over or along side the existing Florida East Coast Railway Company
right of way extending through Northeast Dade County, construction sched-
uled in or before 1990; and
WHEREAS, such an expressway would require a right of way of
greater width than the existing railway right of way, would entail enormous
expenditures of funds for acquisition of rights of way, and would operate to
the immediate and extensive damage and injury to the rights of land owners
in the area of such proposed expressway; and
WHEREAS, a parkway comprised of a series of bridges and
islands extending generally north and south between the Interama site in
Northeast Dade and the Venetian and McArthur Causeways appears to be a
feasible, reasonable and superior alternative to the proposed Northeast Dade
Expressway; and
WHEREAS, such a proposed Biscayne Bay Parkway would be
designed and constructed to preserve completely the ecology of Biscayne
Bay, to provide additional playgrounds, picnic areas, boat ramps, marinas
and recreation areas for the public, and to be esthetically pleasing and bene-
ficial, all at a total cost to the public substantially less than the Northeast
Dade Expressway; and
WHEREAS, the Florida East Coast Railway Company right of way
still would remain available for a modern, effective and comfortable rapid
transit system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY MIAMI SHORES
VILLAGE:
Section 1. That the Miami Shores Village Council hereby adopts
and approves the concept of a bridge and island parkway as described above,
coupled with the utilization of the Florida East Coast Railway Company right
of way for a rapid transit system to serve the Greater Miami area.
Section 2. That the Engineering and Planning Departments of
Dade County, Florida and the Florida State Transportation Department be
and they hereby are urged and encouraged forthwith to initiate all necessary
planning and engineering to accomplish the construction of the proposed
Biscayne Bay Parkway and the implementation of the proposed rapid transit
system as described above in or before the year 1990.
Section 3. That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded
to the appropriate officers of Dade County, Florida, and of the State of
Florida, to each member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, to each
Senator of the State of Florida, to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, to
each member of the Dade County, Florida Legislative Delegation, and to
the Clerk of each municipality in Northeast Dade County, Florida, including
the City of Miami, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this / day of March, 1970.
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Don G. Nicholson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk