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Commission directs funding search to address widespread sidewalk backlog after resident testimony
Summary
A resident and commissioners pressed Miami-Dade's Department of Transportation and Public Works on sidewalks in disrepair. DTPW reported a backlog of work and limited crews; commissioners directed staff to find funds to add crews and contract capacity and to return with a funding plan within 30 days.
A Miami-Dade resident's public comment and a departmental update prompted the County Commission to direct the administration to identify funding to expand sidewalk crews and contracting capacity to address a multi-year backlog.
Norma Busto, a resident of southwest Miami, told the commission her neighborhood sidewalk has been unsafe for about two years and that people with walkers have difficulty using the sidewalk. "It is so dangerous. It's lopsided, and it's high," Busto said during the public reasonable-opportunity period, asking the county to review a long-open case in her area.
Later in the meeting, Joseph Redias, interim…
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