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City staff proposes study to extend lane elimination on Northeast 13th Street, asks CRA for study contribution
Summary
Adam Knight, division manager for Transportation Mobility, presented a plan to study extending the 2018 lane elimination on Northeast 13th Street toward Northeast 15th, estimated the study at about $100,000 and said the CRA’s proportional contribution requested would be $4,242,000; staff emphasized the phased study would assess traffic, pedestrian and bicycle impacts before any construction.
Adam Knight, division manager with Transportation Mobility, told the Central City Redevelopment Advisory Board that staff is proposing a feasibility study to extend the lane-elimination treatment on Northeast 13th Street from its current endpoint past the railroad toward Northeast 15th.
“The study fee is about $100,000,” Knight said, adding that “what we’re asking CRA to contribute would be $4,242,000,” describing that figure as proportional to the portion of the corridor inside the CRA boundary. He said the study would evaluate alternatives ranging from restriping only to curb-and-gutter reconstruction, analyze vehicular congestion, parking impacts and multimodal needs, and produce a preferred alternative and 30% design deliverables that could be handed to design teams for cost estimating.
Board members and attendees pressed staff on funding sources and feasibility. Knight said major structural options (for example an underpass) are typically selected through federal‑aid studies and that the Broward County MPO underpass work covers different corridors; local segments like 13th Street often do not qualify for the same federal programs, so coordination with rail operators and the county is required. “That underpass study is separate,” he said, adding the city would coordinate with FEC/Brightline and the MPO to identify applicable treatments.
Residents and business representatives urged quicker, temporary fixes while the full study proceeds. Edward Catalano of Central City Alliance warned of repeated crashes at the merge and urged prompt action: “There have been multiple accidents … eventually, someone will be killed there,” he said, calling for measures that both reduce collisions and support walking traffic for businesses. Knight said paint, delineators or temporary signage are possible near-term tactics but noted that striping inside the city’s right-of-way requires county concurrence under the city’s extended maintenance agreement with Broward County.
Knight and staff recommended a phased approach: fund and complete the study first to select a preferred alternative and produce a 30% concept, then pursue construction funding and design only if the study justifies curb work. He told the board he would return with refined cost estimates and coordinate next steps with the CRA staff and county partners.
