A Message from WaNA @ FDOT Alton Road Redevelopment Project

Hi flamingomb,

Thanks to everyone who attended the FDOT meeting - we had a great turnout. Everyone had good questions plus many concerns. We are pulling together our notes and will send an update shortly.    We asked the City to hold a workshop, topics are below, and we are contacting other neighborhood associations to schedule the meeting.   

1) Updated FDOT presentation w/contractor details, public information officer responsibilities, traffic officer head counts and specific answers to engineering questions about flood control, handling of storm interruption and adding penalties for delays and cost overruns. Also, how the FDOT project is being coordinated w/other City projects. 

 2) CMB Public Works/Traffic/Police presentations about how CMB will handle resident and local businesses concerns during the construction  

3) CMB Public Works presentation about Stormwater Master Plan and how the FDOT project will integrate with SWMP
   
4) 10th Street sea wall and streetscape   

One MAJOR concern is that the traffic studies were done without a true understanding of our neighborhood's residential and largely pedestrian character. The City/FDOT should think about funneling traffic entering and leaving the Beach via other streets to exit onto 5th Street or Dade Boulevard rather than funneling all traffic onto West Avenue.   

We will keep you updated. Thank you again.   
Christine Florez ; Gayle Durham, Co-Chairs