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Miami Beach committee approves $375,000 for citywide bike-lane refurbishing, recommends further funding in FY26
Summary
The Finance & Economic Resiliency Committee approved a motion to appropriate $375,000 this fiscal year to refurbish existing green bike lanes and recommended that remaining bicycle-pedestrian master-plan items be considered for funding in the FY2026 budget.
The Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee voted to appropriate $375,000 in the current fiscal year to refurbish existing green bicycle lanes and to return to the full commission with a recommendation to fund remaining bicycle and pedestrian master-plan items in the FY2026 budget.
Vice Mayor Tanya Bhatt, who led discussion of the item (MB 20), said the funding would finish “the last block of bike lanes that already exist,” buy data counters and other equipment, and allow small, safety-focused improvements to move forward before larger capital projects are completed. Transportation and Mobility Director Jose Gonzalez told the committee, “the cost of refurbishing the existing bike lanes that we have in the city ... will be approximately $375,000.”
The vote follows a year-and-a-half of city review of bike lanes and striping. Staff presented a citywide assessment that found multiple lanes in need of repainting or repair, and noted that utility and roadway work had left many lanes patched and faded. Vice Mayor Bhatt and other commissioners pressed for a standing maintenance line item in future budgets; Bhatt said, “we must get those people who are doing that work to restore the bike lanes if they have destroyed them.”
The committee’s motion directs the administration to appropriate $375,000 in FY2025 for striping and repainting and to return with a favorable recommendation to the commission to consider additional, currently unbudgeted, bicycle-pedestrian master-plan projects during the FY2026 budget process. Staff also confirmed solar-powered speed feedback signs were funded in the FY2025 budget and that the $375,000 covers maintenance-level refurbishing rather than capital construction.
The discussion emphasized two implementation issues: adding a micro-mobility maintenance line to future operating budgets, and improving permitting/inspection follow-up so utility contractors restore pavement and striping after work. Committee members asked staff to explore both operational fixes and the funding amendment that would be used to approve the $375,000 appropriation this fiscal year.
