Plan Z for causeways is back to county commission for change requests

Plan Z for causeways is back to county commission for change requests

Controversial Rickenbacker RFP scheduled for 3 p.m. time certain The polemic push to privatize and redevelop the Rickenbacker Causeway will be discussed again Tuesday at the Miami-Dade Commission meeting. The board will probably drop the Venetian Causeway from the request for proposals, as Commissioner Sally Heyman requested, because it’s really all about the Rickenbacker anyway. […]

Miami Beach dodges causeway Plan Z for privatization, but not Key Biscayne

Miami Beach dodges causeway Plan Z for privatization, but not Key Biscayne

Town hall on the RFP Wednesday at Key Biscayne Community Center The Venetian Causeway is going to be cut out of the request for proposals that already went out on the redevelopment and privatization of both the Miami Beach connector and the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne, which is really what this project was all […]

More questions than answers on makeovers for Rickenbacker, Venetian

More questions than answers on makeovers for Rickenbacker, Venetian

The Miami-Dade mayor’s desired request for proposals on the overhaul of both the Rickenbacker and Venetian causeways — a necessary step after getting an unsolicited proposal — could hit a snag Thursday. A number of commissioners and other stakeholders — including city officials in both Key Biscayne and Miami Beach — have questions and concerns. […]

Key Biscayne, activists watch closely as Boat Show begins

Key Biscayne, activists watch closely as Boat Show begins

What do 100,000 people, 1,000 pilings and 450 docked boats have in common? These are the nightmares that plague the people in Key Biscayne as the Miami International Boat Show begins today at the long-abandoned Miami Marine Stadium and its environmentally sensitive surrounds. When the county gave the go ahead for the boat show to […]

Boat Show battle comes to Miami-Dade for ‘temporary’ pass

Boat Show battle comes to Miami-Dade for ‘temporary’ pass

There are three different lawsuits pending and unanswered questions about setting a precedent on using park land for commercial purposes. Environmentalists, concerned about the effect on adjacent protected land, will cry foul. The mayor of Key Biscayne will talk about how this goes against the carefully thought-out plan for Virginia Key. And residents of the […]