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  • Mayor warns that dissolving the expressway toll board could halt 836 extension, too

    02/07/2019 1:17:55 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 7 replies
    The Miami Herald ^ | February 6, 2019 | Douglas Hanks
    Miami-Dade’s mayor flies to Tallahassee this week to fight a state takeover of local toll roads, and he says an early victim of the proposed legislation would likely be a planned extension of the 836 expressway into West Kendall. “One of the major issues I have with that bill is the fact that it may stall that project for some time,” said Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who also serves as the appointed chairman of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. The toll board of state and county appointees, best known as the MDX, collects tolls on the 836 and four other expressways. “The...