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Committee backs moving Lincoln Road pedestrianization forward pending traffic study and development-agreement negotiations
Summary
The Land Use and Sustainability Committee recommended the City Commission authorize staff to finalize a traffic circulation study and begin negotiating a development agreement for a proposed pedestrian plaza on Lincoln Road’s 200–300 blocks, while peer review and cost verification continue.
The Land Use and Sustainability Committee on an item sponsored by Commissioner Fernandez recommended the City Commission authorize staff to finalize a traffic-circulation study, commission a peer review and begin negotiating a development agreement for a project to pedestrianize the 200 and 300 blocks of Lincoln Road and to limit vehicular access on the 100 block.
Committee members and staff said the proposal would remove vehicle lanes on the ocean‑ward end of Lincoln Road, create a plaza that extends the pedestrianized section east of Washington Avenue and aims to boost commercial activity and enhance the corridor’s “grand entry” to the beach. The project team includes a private developer partner and a traffic consultant; the Ritz‑Carlton is funding soft‑cost work, and the developer’s traffic engineer has submitted a preliminary study.
Why it matters: Lincoln Road is one of Miami Beach’s primary commercial corridors and a high‑traffic transit corridor. Committee…
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