Miami Beach staff revise Normandy Isle traffic‑calming plan to cut parking losses, seek property owner concurrence

City of Miami Beach transportation staff on a public Zoom meeting presented revised plans for the Normandy Isle Geo Bond traffic‑calming project and said the redesign reduces projected parking losses from 66 to 27 spaces while keeping most of the originally planned traffic‑calming devices.

The meeting on the Normandy Isle project was led by O'Neil Rodriguez, assistant director of the Transportation and Mobility Department, who said the team “heard your concerns” and “redesigned a lot of the devices to minimize as much as possible the impact to on street parking.” The update summarized device changes, parking impacts, coordination with Florida Department of Transportation projects on 70th Street/Normandy Drive, and next steps for property‑owner outreach and county approvals.

Why it matters: Normandy Isle residents and condo representatives raised questions about lost parking, emergency access, drainage and the effectiveness of roundabouts, humps and cushions. The project uses voter‑approved Geo Bond funding and requires county and, for some corridors, FDOT approval; several measures therefore remain contingent on outside agency signoff and owner concurrence.

Staff described the…