Category: Department of Transportation
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Deerfield Beach asphalt plant worries neighbors, raises concerns about recycling radioactive waste
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Deerfield Beach residents are opposed to reopening a dormant asphalt plant they fear will endanger public health. But there’s more to fear, perhaps, as asphalt plants begin making recycled asphalt for roadway construction using radioactive waste from the state’s fertilizer industry. -
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Miami Beach Inspector General targeted by two commissioners who don’t like independent watchdog’s oversight
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Two Miami Beach commissioners are on a mission to fire or at least muzzle the city’s independent watchdog for doing his job too aggressively. -
Conflicts of interest, cronyism at SFRTA, Tri-Rail’s operator, amid furtive renewal of costly lobbying contract
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The governing board of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, operator of Tri-Rail commuter service, ditched staff plans to seek bids for lobbying services and instead rehired its longtime lobbyist amid apparent cronyism, conflicts of interest and possibly wasteful spending. -
Waging legal war to make Miami Springs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For nearly five years, the City of Miami Springs has refused to make sidewalks and public parking spaces near a 60-year-old disabled resident’s home wheelchair accessible. Instead, the city has engaged in a legal war with Theodore Karantsalis by claiming he waited too long in taking action against Miami Springs over making sidewalks and parking spaces accessible to the handicapped. -
Before Brightline became nation’s deadliest railroad, its owners rejected safety fixes
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. -
Poor Fort Lauderdale neighborhood pays millions for city streetcar line that won’t reach it
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
What does sewage in the streets around western Sistrunk Blvd. (NW 6th Street) in Fort Lauderdale have to do with the $195- million Wave Streetcar line being developed for the city? Plenty, according to Marie “Ms. Peaches” Huntley, neighborhood resident, activist, businesswoman and candidate for commissioner in District 3 of Fort Lauderdale, as well as other critics.
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