Really? 18.4 miles of MEGA sidewalks planned for Palmetto Bay? Look what our local officials have placed in the 2045 County Master Plan.

What a difference a change in leadership makes. Have you viewed the September 2019 Miami-Dade County 2019 updated to the County Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan? If not, it may be time as many of these projects are slated for completion by 2023 and we are now entering 2021.

The short term projects still allege 4 foot wide bike lanes totaling 3.6 gross miles. But note the areas slated to receive 8 foot wide (MEGA) path - a total of 18.4 miles of MEGA sidewalk are slated for the areas indicted on the excerpt posted below. 

94 AVE - SW 175 ST to SW 184 ST    Install 8' wide multi-use path 0.5 gross mile
160 ST -  SW 164 ST to SW 89 AVE Install 8' wide multi-use path 1.5 gross mile 
141 ST  - SW 87 AVE to SW 175 ST Install 8' wide multi-use path 2.4 gross mile
152 ST  - SW 85 AVE to SW 151 ST Install 8' wide multi-use path 0.7 gross mile
77 CT    - SW 139 TER to SW 57 AVE Install 8' wide multi-use path 3.9 gross mile 
87 AVE - SW 79 AVE to SW 79 AVE Install 8' wide multi-use path 1.3 gross mile
135 ST - Old Cutler Rd to SW 184 ST Install 8' wide multi-use path 3.5 gross mile 
152 ST - SW 72 AVE to Old Cutler Rd Install 8' wide multi-use path 1.2 gross mile
Old Cutler Rd - 135 ST to SW 184 ST Install 8' wide multi-use path 3.4 gross mile

That's a lot of 8 foot wide MEGA paths paving through Palmetto Bay. 

Did you receive a survey asking your opinion? 

Were you invited to participate in a Town Hall meeting to discuss these planned projects?

CLICK HERE to review the two pages specifically referencing plans for Palmetto Bay (2 pages).

CLICK HERE to view the full document (256 pages) the 2045 Miami-Dade Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan, September 2019

The Palmetto Bay Priorities are listed beginning online .PDF page 52. See figures 19, 20 and 21, all posted below. 

FIGURE 19 PALMETTO BAY SHORT TERM PRIORITIZED PROJECTS

FIGURE 20 PALMETTO BAY MID TERM PRIORITIZED PROJECTS

FIGURE 21 PALMETTO BAY LONG TERM PRIORITIZED PROJECTS

Here are my questions:

Where are the 8 foot mega sidewalks shown in the update (2019) County Plan referenced in the current Palmetto Bay Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan  adopted in 2019 with significant public involvement?

When did Palmetto Bay officials transmit to the County that Palmetto Bay was in agreement with the proposed mega sidewalks as referenced in figures 19, 20 & 21, as provided above?

When and how did the current Mayor and Village Council Members involve or even notify the public, particularly those who will be most affected by the MEGA sidewalks.