Monday, January 29, 2018

War Is Escalating in Miami Dade South East. By Geniusofdespair

First there was a war over putting a bridge over a canal in Palmetto Bay. Calls of Nimby got harsh from neighbors South of the canal who wanted a shortcut around the mind numbing traffic. Included in the voices in favor of the road, a man who has aided developers all these many years I have been an activist. To him I say: Reap what you sow, developer flunky.

Anyway, here is the newest fight brewing presented in an immensely entertaining video. Watch it.

This time it is people in Cutler Bay upset about the use of town land as a right of way.



What is this war all about? TRAFFIC.  I offered a comment on a closed group called "Palmetto Bay Leadership Thru Transparency," it was addressed to someone complaining about the bridge not being built over the canal on an artery in a neighborhood. A woman that had wanted the bridge was nixing the buses as an answer I said:
Make mass transit work.  Might not be for you but it can get others off the road so it could be a cause for you to get behind. You were getting light rail, ask Alice Bravo what happened with that. The metro rail need to go further South. If you stood together to clamor for mass transit you might get it. What happened to all the Federal matching grants not being a sanctuary County was supposed to get us? Getting involved takes work, and massive research not just writing on Facebook. And my ferry idea— not so bad even if it can’t run some days. You just might not have the sea legs other do. Try to focus on more than a bridge. There are meeting going on right now at the government center library about moving the UDB some more. I went to one...developers are there...
The bridge was rejected by the county so there was a lot of sour grapes from the people looking for the shortcut.

I also suggested that Palmetto Bay put up a wall and make Cutler Bay pay for it. That didn't go over so well.

Back to the subject of the video above:

From LivableCutler:
"Don’t Pave Paradise...
MAKE IT A PARK!
Why is this important to Palmetto Bay?

On Feb 21 in Cutler Bay the Town Council will vote to allow or deny a developer to build 30 3,000 sq ft McMansions on small 75x100 lots on 9 acres right on Old Cutler Rd just south of SW 184 St. 30 monster houses to be built like big barracks right next door to our beautiful Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands restoration.

As if the $22 million profit weren’t enough that the same developer cashed in from selling the 125 acre Biscayne Bay Costal Wetlands property in 2010 to the SFWMD....now they want Cutler Bay to give them town owned land to allow them an exclusive entrance to their development from SW 184 St. Yes that’s some nerve, and a whole lot of greed.

Why is this wrong...
1. Town land to build a road for the exclusive use of 100 future residents should not be given away when that land can be enjoyed as a pocket park by the 44,000 residents of Cutler Bay.
2. The development sited adjacent to BBCW with barely a buffer between the houses and coastal wetlands puts BBCW at great risk!
3. No one wants the additional traffic on this already over burdened stretch and intersection of Old Cutler Rd.
4. Lastly, these 30 houses if built, forever kill the best hopes and desires of the Cutler Bay community to see a beautiful 9 acre nature park with trails, educational and recreation opportunities, and the best location in our town for a possible boardwalk and a view to Biscayne Bay.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

As long as the county and municipalities allow developers to conduct "TRAFFIC STUDIES" in July there will never be any infrastructure improvements locally. Residents have a right to be upset, but we are all too late. They count on people being kept in the dark.

Anonymous said...

The Bridge was not a "Shortcut" it would have connected two ends of a Major Arterial Roadway. As it is now you have massive amounts of traffic short cutting thru Residential Streets that were not designed to safely handle the immense volume. The Bridge had two purposes 1) Move traffic off of the Residential Streets and put it back onto the Major Arterial Roadway where it could safely travel which would have immediately Enhanced Public Safety and 2) Get Traffic South of 168th flowing a little bit as it is at a Standstill currently. Our Commissioner simply sold out the much larger majority of us In Cutler Bay and beyond. Mayor Peggy Bell has gone on record stating that not one of Her 45,000 Residents have stated "Don't Build That Bridge" and a significant amount of Southern Palmetto Bay more than 1/3 wanted the Bridge as well. "Shortcut" is not exactly accurate, it's where the traffic was originally designed to be.

Anonymous said...

The town of Cutler Bay should not give away an inch to these developers who have already made an enormous amount of profit on this site. Something stinks and I think it’s their planning director. Isn’t she the one that’s been posting in favor of the development under a under FAKE NAME online? Now her dept. is recommending to the council that they ok the project! Bought and sold.

Anonymous said...

Residents south have bad traffic, but this bridge would have merely spread the misery to those north of the canal. It would have been easy for Cava to placate the south with a bridge on to an avenue that dead ends shortly after, but common sense and intense examination taught her that the bridge would only create a bottleneck. Spreading distress while helping no one is immoral.

Anonymous said...

The town of Cutler Bay should not give away an inch to these developers who have already made an enormous amount of profit on this site. Something stinks and I think it’s their planning director. Isn’t she the one that’s been posting in favor of the development under a under FAKE NAME online? Now her dept. is recommending to the council that they ok the project! Bought and sold.

Anonymous said...

Alice Bravo Director of Miami Dade Transit was on WLRN yesterday basically said put up with it. Great news though, next year GM is releasing self driving cars, traffic problems solved and we are not going to need expansion of rail. Great job Miami Dade!

Anonymous said...

I also saw that cutler bays planning director made some comments online using a fake name. Why isn't that being investigated?

Anonymous said...

The bridge made sense. Too bad Commissioner Daniela Cava killed it.