R-509-70 RESOLUTION NO. 509
A RESOLUTION URGING ABANDONMENT OF PLANS
FOR THE NORTH DADE EXPRESSWAY, FORMERLY
CALLED THE INTERAMA EXPRESSWAY, THROUGH
MIAMI SHORES AND THE OPA LOCKA EXPRESSWAY
EAST OF EXPRESSWAY I-95
WHEREAS, Miami Shores Village has been made aware of the
Metropolitan Dade County Land Use Master Plan and the Transportation
Master Plan developed thereunder; and
WHEREAS, these Master Plans call for a grid-work of north-south
and east-west expressways; and
WHEREAS, one north-south expressway identified as the North Dade
Expressway, formerly called the Interama Expressway, is proposed along or
over the existing Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way, including the seg-
ment of that right-of-way extending through Miami Shores Village, and one
east-west expressway identified as the Opa Locka Expressway is proposed
to run along one or more of a number of alternate routes extending along or
immediately north of the north boundary of Miami Shores Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Miami Shores, like the Village of Biscayne
Park, is a quiet residential community composed primarily of private homes
valued and maintained at a level substantially higher than the average in Dade
C ounty; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Shores Village Council is aware of the
opposition to the expressway plans expressed on behalf of the Village of Biscayne
Park and the City of North Miami, as well as by thousands of property owners
in this area; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Shores Village Council believes that the pro-
posed plans fail to meet the obvious future needs of this area and, in particular,
those of the downtown area or inter-city of the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, this Council is convinced that the proposed expressway
systems jeopardize the future and the very existence of Miami Shores Village
without any demonstrated justification as far as the actual future needs of the
remaining areas of Dade County or of the State of Florida are concerned;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Miami Shores Village
Council:
1. That plans for the segment of the proposed North Dade Express-
way running through Miami Shores Village and for the segment of the Opa
Locka Expressway extending eastward from existing Expressway I-95 be
abandoned by the State and Dade County Road Departments on the ground that
said segments are neither necessary nor appropriate to a properly planned and
engineered transportation system for the Greater Miami area and on the further
ground that their construction would operate to do irrevocable and unjustifiable
damage to Miami Shores Village and to its citizens;
2. That the Florida State Road Department and the Dade County
Road Department are urged and enjoined to abandon plans for these segments
and to undertake further investigation, engineering and studies to provide a
proper alternate expressway system for the best interests of all of the people
of Dade County, not excluding the people of Miami Shores Village;
3. That copies of this resolution be furnished to the Governor
and the Secretary of Transportation of the State of Florida, to the Mayor of
Dade County, Florida, to the Mayors of the Cities of North Miami and Miami,
Florida, to the Mayor of the Village of Biscayne Park, Florida, to Congress-
men J. Herbert Burke and Claude Pepper, to Senators Spessard Holland and
Edward J. Gurney, and to the Dade County, Florida Legislative Delegation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 7th day of April, A. D. 1970.
Don G. Nicholson
Mayor
Attest:
Village Clerk
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