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Mayor and commission push for tunnel plan as county presses timetable; staff to draft coordinated resolution
Summary
The commission debated a county letter that set deadlines and described a bridge as the county’s preferred option; commissioners pressed for written clarifications, insisted a bridge should not be the default, and directed staff to work with county attorneys on a joint draft resolution for April 1 while continuing to pursue a tunnel alternative.
Mayor and commissioners spent the majority of the meeting discussing a March 3 letter from the Broward County mayor outlining conditions for the New River crossing and asking the city to show a viable tunnel alternative within a set window or not oppose the county’s intention to pursue a bridge. The mayor said the letter’s language risked treating a bridge as the “only preferred alternative” and pressed the county for written clarifications of timelines, impacts and assumptions.
Commissioner Ben Rogers and staff reported outreach progress: consultants and international tunnel builders had expressed interest following the city’s vote in favor of…
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