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Greenways Plan:
What's New & FAQs
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What's New |
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2/13/02 - On February 12, 2002, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners
approved the Greenways Master Plan and individual plans for the five phase one corridors.
The Commission also approved a funding strategy for the design and construction of the five phase one corridors
and established a Selection/Negotiation Committee to hire a firm to design and permit four of the five priority corridors.
11/19/2002 - The Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved a $2.4 million dollar contract
for the survey, design and permitting of four of the five phase one corridors.
The four corridors are the C-14 Canal, Dixie Highway, SR 84, and the Flamingo Hiatus.
Also included in this contract is the Master Plan for SR A1A.
7/31/03 - Work Authorization 1 is drawing
to a close, culminating the delivery of a detailed
scope of services (WA 3) for the design and
permitting of each of the priority corridors:
the C-11, C-14, Flamingo/Hiatus, SR 84 and Dixie
Highway Corridors. These detailed scopes of
services are a result of seven months of work
which included:
1. Additional field visits and tours of the
priority corridors;
2. Workshops and meetings with each of the anticipated
permitting agencies for each of the corridors;
3. Verification and finalization of detailed
Greenways routing within each corridor;
4. Establishing of a series of typical sections
for each corridor;
5. Establishing a series of 'design manuals',
including
the Canal Crossing Policy Memo and the Intersection
Crossing Policy Memo, which will guide current
and future Greenways design development;
6. Finalization of the "out of box"
Policy Memo regarding
ultimate future alternatives of design solutions;
7. Finalization of a design and review methodology
with County staff.
Workshops and meetings with permitting agencies
included discussions with the Florida East Coast
Railroad (FEC) regarding the development of
the Dixie Highway Corridor.
Upon approval of the design scope for each priority
corridor, design efforts - including permitting
- are anticipated to take up to 18 months for
completion. The detailed engineering design
effort will include an extensive public outreach
program, as well as weekly design status meetings
with County Staff.
Aerial photography of each of the priority Greenways corridors has been completed. These include
the Cypress Creek, Griffin-Orange, New River, Flamingo Road, Hiatus Road,and Dixie
Highway Greenways. The aerial photography has been augmented with field survey
data, photogrammetric data and parcel data.
Design packages have been formatted and the engineering and design effort has begun. |
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7/31/03 - Public outreach meetings were
conducted during the weeks of June 2 and June
9, 2003, with five separate meetings held over
that time to solicit public input for the A1A
Greenway Master Plan. The program for each of
the public workshops involved discussion of
the observations included in the Opportunity
and Constraints memorandum as delivered by the
design team as well as interim recommendations
for the development of the corridor.
The meetings were held during the first two
weeks in June 2003, in Pompano Beach, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea,
Fort Lauderdale, and Hollywood. Approximately
50 people attended the workshops and provided
good feedback to the draft recommendations.
Other issues raised by the public were
incorporated into the draft master plan. Next
steps in the process included final compilation
of the public comments, refinement of the
draft master plan and finalization of the
recommendations. Delivery of the final draft of the master plan and
recommendations was accomplished in November 2003.
2/04 - Several public workshops were held soliciting input from the communities being affected by the proposed Greenway design and construction.
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2/13/02 - The City of Tamarac has completed
construction of a portion of this greenway within
their jurisdiction. This section runs from University
Drive west to the end of Southgate Boulevard,
for a 2.5-mile path. Parking is available in
Veterans' Park at the northwest corner of Southgate
Blvd and University Dr. In addition to the bike
path, Veterans' Park offers a picnic area with
grill, small boat launching ramp, a Veterans
Memorial and restrooms. |
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2/13/02 - Broward County has earmarked
$200,000 from the Safe Parks and Land Preservation
Bond program to construct trail heads and access
points for the Conservation Levee Trail at Markham
Park and Atlantic Boulevard.
Staffs from several Broward County divisions
are working with the South Florida Water Management
District, the Florida Department of Transportation
and the City of Coral Springs to bring this
project to fruition.
10/2002 - Broward County began the design
of the trailhead and Atlantic Blvd. and the
Sawgrass Expressway. Because of construction
planned improvements to some water control structures
it is likely that this project may have to be
phased. Phase one will be the access to the
trailhead from Atlantic Blvd. Phase two will
improvements that will enable easy access to
the levy by wheelchair.
11/30/03 - The Broward County Parks and
Recreation Division has submitted plans for
the access at Atlantic Blvd and the Sawgrass
Expressway to the SFWMD. Because this project
includes parking, the County must petition the
District to waive its prohibition of parking
on its right-of-way. The petitioning process
could add as much as four months to the permitting
process.
The Parks and Recreation Division also began
the design process for access to the levee at
Markham Park. |
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2/13/02 - Several cities along the Dixie
Highway corridor, including Deerfield Beach,
Oakland Park and Fort Lauderdale, are actively
pursing redevelopment efforts, which will incorporate
plans for the trail. In addition, the City of
Hollywood has obtained a technical assistance
grant from the National Park Service to study
corridor issues along the southern portion of
Dixie Highway and is coordinating this effort
with Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach and Broward
County.
5/30/03 - Several submittals were made
to the FEC illustrating the final anticipated
route of the Dixie Highway Greenway, including
typical sections showing development of the
FEC right of way within FEC guidelines. The
FEC replied to the request and has denied the
use of the right of way at this time. Therefore,
the design team is at work identifying potential
alternatives for the development of the Dixie
Highway corridor as an urban greenway.
8/24, 26/2004 - Two workshops will be held to review and receive public input regarding the revised Dixie Highway Greenway design.
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2/13/02 - A 3/4 mile section of the Hiatus Road Greenway from Oakland Park Blvd.
to NW 44 Street was constructed by the City of
Sunrise. |
Rock
Island Road
Greenway Corridor
14 on the Broward County Master Plan |
2/13/02 - The City of Margate has approved
design plans for a greenway along the Florida
Power and Light easement running parallel to
Rock Island Road between Copans Road and Atlantic
Boulevard. The City has been awarded a $240,000
federal grant for this project and has also
applied for a grant to acquire land for a trailhead
through the Florida Forever program. |
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2/13/02 - Broward County is completing
design plans for a multi-purpose path along
two sections of this corridor and will begin
construction on both projects later this year.
The Marina Mile project, located on the north
side of SR 84 from I-95 to the New River drawbridge,
is an eight to ten foot wide paved multi- purpose
path. The New River drawbridge was recently
renovated by the Florida Department of Transportation
to include a six foot wide path on the north
side.
West of the New River drawbridge, Broward County
has completed design of the "Missing Link"
project so named because it will restore bicycle/pedestrian
connections along SR 84 to west Broward County
lost when I-595 was constructed. The Missing
Link project will include a ten-foot wide multipurpose
landscaped path beginning just east of SR 7
and ending at the Sewell Lock. This project
includes a bridge over the New River Canal east
of SR 7.
11/2002 - A short but important segment
of this greenway along SR 84/ Marina Mile was
recently completed. This segment, which runs
from I-95 to just west of SR7, provides a wide
sidewalk through this highly urbanized area.
Before construction was even completed, pedestrians
were seen using this facility.
11/31/03 - The County has obtained a
permit from the South Florida Water Management
District (SFWMD) and is now preparing the plans
for permit review by the Florida Department
of Transportation. |
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FAQ's |
What
is a greenway? |
There
are many different definitions of a greenway,
but simply put it is a linear park. In Broward
County the Greenway corridors will be a combination
of linear parks, on-road bicycle facilties,
sidewalks, and multi-purpose paths. |
My
home is near a greenway. I am concerned about
my property values and crime and vandalism along
the greenway? |
Broward
County's Greenways corridors follow existing
public rights-of-way such as roads and canal
easements which are nearly always separated
from residential subdivisions. In addition,
nationwide studies have shown that greenways
either have a positive or neutral impact on
adjacent property values. For additional information
about these studies, try the following links.
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How
do I get involved in the design process? |
Broward County will conduct an extensive public involvement campaign during the design phase of the Greenways planning process. Public notices will be published in the newspapers and on this website.
If you would like to be notified directly of the public workshops, CLICK HERE to go to the form you will need to fill out.
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