Miami-Miami Beach rail link study

Miami-Miami Beach rail link to be studied - Miami Beach - MiamiHerald.com: "Almost a decade after a project to build a rail line between Miami and Miami Beach stalled, the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization on Thursday unanimously approved funding for a study that could revive the plan. The MPO, the transportation planning panel that includes county commissioners and other elected officials, acted after Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez urged approval of the study as a way to ease traffic on roads linking Miami and Miami Beach. “If we don’t do something about traffic in Miami Beach, it’s going to kill the tourism industry,” Gimenez told MPO members during their monthly meeting at County Hall.". . ." (read more at link above)

South Beach ACE wins bid to overhaul Miami Beach Convention Center - South Florida Business Journal: Late on Wednesday evening last week, the Miami Beach commission took a leap of faith that South Beach ACE's costlier and more ambitious $1.2 billion renovation plan for the convention center and its district would help draw more people and money to the city for several decades.

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