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Residents press CITT to accelerate North Corridor; FDOT says design moves forward but cost, schedule may rise
Summary
Several residents from North Central Dade told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust on June 25 that they have waited decades for the North Corridor Metrorail extension and asked the trust to accelerate the project and identify interim local investments funded by the surtax.
Several residents from North Central Dade told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust on June 25 that they have waited decades for the North Corridor Metrorail extension and asked the trust to accelerate the project and identify interim local investments funded by the surtax.
"After waiting 48 years to build it and 23 of investing my half‑penny surtax dollars to fund it, it's time to deliver," said Dorothy Everett in a comment read into the record; Vanessa Wooded Byers, president of the Twin Lakes NSG Homeowners Association, called the delays "indefensible" and asked for a clear timeline and near‑term public‑works and trolley projects to provide immediate benefits.
FDOT District 6 project manager Nelia Cartaya then gave a status update on the North…
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