The South Dade Transitway rapid electric bus service from Dadeland to Florida City will begin life with the coveted Gold Standard rating that the county has promised since 2018. Keeping that designation once it’s running will be another matter. This story is premium content for our subscribers only. Unlock the full story and the entire […]
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O, Miami Poetry Festival gets underway with a new public art initiative: “Soy de Todas Partes.” The civic publishing project provides a deep dive into the modern immigrant experience through 100 student poems as public artworks placed in public spaces across Miami-Dade County and is intended to take an acupuncture approach toward poetry as public […]
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Due to construction cost increases over the past four years, the Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX) is now analyzing project costs and updating the price estimates for a Kendall Parkway Expressway extension that has been heatedly debated for years. The agency’s board recently awarded contracts for geotechnical exploration and contamination assessments along the Kendall Parkway […]
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A set of towering arches now cast shadows in downtown Miami, part of the support structures for a new Signature Bridge, a key component of the I-395/SR 836/I-95 Design-Build Project. The sprawling $818 million project is the product of a partnership between the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Greater Miami Expressway Agency and […]
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It’s wonderous what government can do that business can’t. It can slash its revenues by cutting burdens on taxpayers, then reduce its spending, but still keep providing everything it did before and add new bells and whistles in the bargain. That, at least, is what state and county governments are dangling in front of us […]
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Since being sworn in as clerk of the court and comptroller for Miami-Dade County earlier this year, Juan Fernandez-Barquin has envisioned a more AI-integrated and modernized clerk’s office, with a focus on accessibility and community engagement. Ensuring that the clerk’s office will remain a trusted and efficient resource for Miami-Dade residents, Mr. Fernandez-Barquin said he […]
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