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The South of Fifth Neighborhood Association has a few questions about Mayor Levine's very costly ($400+ million) project to build a light rail train in Miami Beach.

Is everybody ready for more construction in the Sunset Harbor neighborhood ???

I hope so!

Dr. Izzy Mereos attended the meeting and sent us the following synopsis:

from 41st St. to 26th street, there will be a new SEAWALL built to prevent the ongoing flooding that has been occurring during KING tide months.  If you look at the bus station on 17 and Indian Creek, you will see a hand railing, the NEW seawall will be approximately as tall as that hand railing, they will also be elevating the Street by approximately 3 feet, so if you see the silver Street railing at that same bus stop, that is how high they will make the Street.   They will also be adding a pump station to pump the water back into the bay around 31st St. this pump station will not be visible; it will be underneath the elevated Street.  There will be many traffic delays on Indian Creek because of construction, they said that they will always try to keep at least one Lane open, they will probably take away a lot of the parking spots in front of the other buildings on Indian Creek doing construction and maybe even after, they will improve the street  lighting with new LED lights, there is a possibility that they may make a sidewalk it the 50 foot public domain that they have to work with allows for it, they will keep the same “shared bicycle Lane” on the right hand side since that is a state road design, it was asked if a single independent bicycle Lane could be made instead of sharing the Street, that is actually part of the transportation master plan for Miami Beach, they did say it's either a sidewalk or the bicycle Lane you can't have both.  The seawall is going to be a new design called a “living seawall” there will be plants growing on either side of it so it's not a big ugly concrete wall, they also will remove all the mangroves that are currently there and probably have to replant new ones, they cannot transplant the old ones because the root systems will not allow for it.  A lot of the flooding that was a occurring on Collins Avenue was due to the drainage system, they have already started to change the drains to be one directional, so no water can backflow back onto Collins Avenue.   The project we'll start in a few weeks.  The project manager personally assured me that nothing will be touched in front of our driveway from this project, he actually promised me that when this project is finished it will be the driest we have seen Indian Creek and Collins Ave, ever!  

Miami Beach partners with FDOT to expedite Indian Creek Drive construction project in its continous battle to stem rising tides

The City of Miami Beach authorized the administration to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for cost sharing a construction project on Indian Creek Drive between 26 and 41 streets to build a seawall barrier wall, improve street drainage and raise the road elevation.

Indian Creek Drive is often susceptible to road closures multiple times per year coinciding with high tides. Although city staff controlled the majority of flooding this past fall by the extraordinary installation of a temporary flood barrier and several pumps at a significant cost, it was never a permanent solution.

The total price tag of this construction project is $25 million. With this agreement, FDOT is responsible for the base cost of draining their roadways with an estimated amount of $19.5 million. Miami Beach’s share to accommodate the additional capacity in the system for city streets totals $5.5 million

The construction proposal for this commuter road includes:

1) Building a 4,000 feet in length seawall from 26 to 41 streets at a 5.7 NAVD elevation (city standard). The proposed seawall would be constructed over a 20 feet deep sheet pile wall that would eliminate water from flowing underground and from flowing over the wall and flooding the street;

2) The installation of a 72-inch drainage line beginning south of 26 Street and continuing all the way to 41 Street, connecting to the drainage system on 41 Street;

3) The construction of a pump station on the 32 Street end that would have the capacity to pump the 72-inch drainage line and maintain the proper capacity in the system;

4) Raising the roads to a 3.7 NAVD elevation.

Miami Beach anticipates completing the project over the next 18-24 months by finalizing the elevations and any additional work necessary.

As of this week, the Faena District has opened the Claridge, Faena House, and now... the Faena Hotel (the old Saxony).

We await the opening next year of the arts center across the street from Faena House.