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Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Strategic Master Plan Mid-Point Report Projects Appendix “Draft” MIAMI-DADE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT PROJECTS APPENDIX “DRAFT” MARCH 24, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Existing System 3 Method for Project Development and Selection 4 Overall Project Key 5 Existing MDX System and Proposed Projects 6-7 System Projects 8-9 S-1: MIC Development Parcel 10-11 S-2: Palmer Lake Redevelopment Parcel 12-13 S-3: SR112 Extension to HEFT 14-15 S-4: Truck Viaduct Extension to HEFT 16-17 S-5: SR 836 Managed Lanes 18-19 Intermodal Projects 20-21 I-1: Miami Beach Intermodal Center: I-195 22-23 I-2: Miami Beach Intermodal Center: MacArthur Causeway 24-25 I-3: Port of Miami Intermodal Center 26-27 I-4: Doral Intermodal Center 28-29 I-5: West Kendall Intermodal Center 30-31 Minor Projects 32-35 M-1: NW 37th St Bridge Connection 36-37 M-2: SR112 Exit Improvements to W-Bound 36th St 38-39 M-3: HEFT Connection to Homestead Air-Base 40-41 M-4: SR924 Gratigny On- Off Ramp at NW 67th Ave 42-43 M-5: SR112 On-Off Ramps at NW 37th Ave 44-45 M-6: SR 836 On-Off Ramps at NW 97th Ave 46-47 Exploratory Ideas 48-51 E-1: US1 Reversible Lanes 52-53 E-2: Water Taxi System 54-55 E-3: Miami Beach Congestion Management: I-195 56-57 E-4: Miami Beach Congestion Management: MacArthur Causeway 58-59 E-5: Potential Development Parcel at NW 97th Ave 60-61 E-6: Potential Development Parcel at NW 87th Ave DRAFT STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT EXISTING MDX SYSTEM 2 STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-PONT REPORT DRAFT METHOD FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION The Strategic Master Plan outlines specific goals and actions necessary to • Committee Meeting No. 2 carried out on the 14th of April, 2014 entailed a maximize current Miami-Dade Expressway Authority assets. review of the current MDX Long Range Plan and the presentation evolved from the following topics: The method for project development and project selection for the Miami- 1. Discussion of the need for new projects. Dade Expressway Authority Strategic Plan was formulated based on research, 2. Identification of missing gaps and geographical coverage. analyses, and creative project identification actions directed by the Projects and 3. Integration with economic development and general direction for Economic Development Committee meetings. These Projects and Economic research. Development Committee meetings were advertised and open to the public at large. During this meeting, a first round of projects identified were presented to the Committee for their comments and direction. The Projects and Economic Committee Meetings and their general scope were as follows: • Committee Meeting No. 3, carried out on the 17th of June, 2014 produced a second round of projects. Presentation of Projects Round 2 was carried • Projects and Economic Development Committee Kick-Off, Meeting No. 1 out. This round of project identification addressed the Committee was carried out on the 19th of March, 2014. During this meeting a number comments and missing parts as delineated in the previous committee of tasks were presented: meeting, additional ideas identified in the process of project development, 1. Review of present conditions that included Miami-Dade County’s and the specific needs of each economic development node. General growth patterns and state of transportation. comments were provided by the Committee members. These comments 2. Historical role of MDX, legal issues governing MDX, and expressway addressed their conception of project viability, community participation, authorities in time to benchmark the role and scope of other and recommendations or project selection. expressway authorities in the State of Florida and the nation: 3. Identification of challenges for Miami-Dade County, the future • Committee Meeting No. 4 Presentation of Projects Round 3. For this of economic development drives in the County, and the role of meeting, additional projects were identified to be included as part of the transportation in each economic sector. Strategic Master Plan. Projects were further detailed. 4. Miami-Dade County in 50 years. DRAFT STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT 3 PROJECT KEY 4 STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-PONT REPORT DRAFT MDX SYSTEM AND PROPOSED PROJECTS DRAFT STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT 5 SYSTEM PROJECTS System Projects identified are projects that expand the MDX system through the Summary of Project Costs Opinion - System Projects construction of new roadways that have an impact on the overall expressway Project Order-of-Magnitude Project system; or are seminal in providing a new orientation to the activities of MDX. Cost * Miami Intermodal Center Development $300,000,000 The State of Florida’s mandate for MDX is not limited to only highways. The Parcel transfer of the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) from the Florida Department Palmer Lake Redevelopment Parcel TBD of Transportation (FDOT) to MDX opens a new window for the agency’s SR 112 Extension to HEFT $1,900,000,000 contributions to Miami-Dade County. As an operator of a new transit facility, Truck Viaduct Extension to HEFT $235,500,000 MDX expands its role into a new arena: as an enabler of public transportation. SR 836 Managed Lanes $25,000,000 The MIC Development Parcels, part of the transfer agreement of the Intermodal Summary of System Projects Costs Opinion $2,460,500,000 Center, propel MDX into a role of participant in a future real estate Private Public Partnership. The Palmer Lake Redevelopment Parcel further evaluates *Order-of-magnitude opinion. For conceptual planning purposes only. Costs may vary substantially as the projects go through more detailed analyses, programs are more clearly defined, and other the expansion of the role of MDX as an enabler of redevelopment for the area evaluation factors are included. surrounding the MIC. The Extension of SR 112 to the Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike (HEFT) proposes to expand the MDX expressway system. This expansion of MDX’s east-west expressway access system is a major project. Another project for evaluation is the Truck Viaduct Extension to HEFT which proposes the extension of the present Truck Viaduct from its terminus at NW 87th Avenue west to connect to the HEFT. In the following pages we outline the proposals for: • SR 112 Extension to the HEFT • MIC Development Parcel • Palmer Lake Redevelopment Parcel • Truck Viaduct Extension to HEFT • SR 836 Managed Lanes Included in this introductory page is a summary of the cost opinion for the projects identified. 6 STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-PONT REPORT DRAFT SYSTEM PROJECT KEY DRAFT STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT 7 MIC DEVELOPMENT PARCEL S-1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AREA CHARACTERISTICS The project consists of the mixed-use development of the land parcels that form Located east of NW 42nd Avenue, the Palmer Lake area and surrounding areas part of the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC). near the Miami Intermodal Center are industrial areas that are proposed to be converted to mixed-use commercial, office, residential and parking use. On the PURPOSE AND NEED south side of the Miami Canal are single family residences and to the west of On May 12, 2014, MDX approved the Agreement for Conveyance of Fee Simple NW 37th Avenue is the Mel Reese Golf Course. Interest and Assignment of Third Party Agreements between the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and MDX for MIC Property. The COMMUNITY ISSUES development of the MIC with the confluence of air travel, rail, bus, and vehicular The areas surrounding the MIC site have undergone a Miami-Dade County traffic, augurs the creation of a mega development node that has been labeled area planning process to rezone the area to mixed uses taking advantage of the as “Miami’s Penn Central Station”. MDX will become the operator of the MIC’s strategic location adjacent to the MIC. Miami-Dade County and has designated public transportation areas. the area, under Article XXXIII(T), Chapter 33, Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, as the Palmer Lake Metropolitan Urban Center (PLMUC) District. Within this major transportation hub, and physically linked to its transportation POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS system, the MIC Development Parcels are uniquely positioned to capture future The sites have been cleared of all structures for the construction of the MIC. No growth. It is anticipated that the sites will be developed with a mix of uses negative impacts are anticipated. to potentially include office, hotel, exhibition space, residential, and support parking. The proposed uses will be physically connected to the MIC through POTENTIAL BENEFICIAL IMPACTS a pedestrian bridge to allow users of the proposed projects direct access to • Commercial impacts associated with the proposed development will be the different transportation modes at the MIC. The proximity of the sites to mostly beneficial. the Miami Canal and Palmer Lake present the potential to also create a system • The development of the MIC parcels will provide a more ample and wider of waterborne transportation to link to the waterfront areas of Miami-Dade user base, increase retail offerings, and benefit from direct connections to County. Metrorail, AMTRAK, and Miami International Airport. PROJECT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST OPINION Project order-of-magnitude costs are estimated (no specific program has been established at present) to be $300,000,000 for the concept program proposed. Private-Public-Partnerships (P3’s) may form part of MDX’s effort for redevelopment of these sites. 8 STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-PONT REPORT DRAFT MIC DEVELOPMENT PARCEL S-1 DRAFT STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN MID-POINT REPORT 9 PALMER LAKE REDEVELOPMENT PARCEL S-2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project comprises the direction of the redevelopment efforts, becoming residences and to the west of NW 37th Avenue is the Mel Reese Golf Course.
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