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City to ask FDOT to enforce Brightline/Florida East Coast safety maintenance at four crossings
Summary
City staff told council they will take the dispute with Florida East Coast Railway (Brightline) over maintenance of four pedestrian crossings to the Florida Department of Transportation after local negotiations stalled.
City Manager Jenny told the Melbourne City Council that the city and Florida East Coast Railway (FEC/Brightline) are at an impasse over who must maintain four pedestrian crossing improvements installed as part of the Brightline project and that staff will now ask the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to enforce the permit conditions that required the safety improvements.
Why it matters: The dispute concerns pedestrian improvements at crossings on Fee Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Palmetto Avenue and Lincoln Avenue…
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