The Northeast and South corridors are part of the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan, an initiative Miami-Dade Commissioners adopted in 2016 to study, select transit modes and seek matching state and federal funds for six high-volume commuting routes across the county. Funding for the project includes $100 million matches from the state and federal government. The South Corridor is currently under construction by OHL USA Inc., which in September 2020 won a $368 million design-build contract to redevelop the corridor for “gold standard” bus rapid transit. The corridor will run on the existing South Dade Transitway, a linear, 20-mile busway between the southernmost Metrorail station near Dadeland Mall in the county’s unincorporated Kendall neighborhood and Homestead Station in the city’s downtown area. The funds will go toward drafting a master plan for transit-oriented developments - mixed-use, pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly construction projects intended to serve as employment, housing and commercial hubs - at or between the corridor’s five stations.Īnother $533,000 will go to Homestead to help finance transit-oriented developments around three rapid-bus stations along the South Corridor. The Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works will get $840,000 to advance development of the Northeast Corridor, a long-planned project intended to run on Florida East Coast Railway tracks between Miami and Aventura. More than a tenth of the money is set aside for Florida’s most populous county.

Miami-Dade County is on track to receive $1.4 million in federal funding to support transit projects in its northeastern and southeastern corners.Įarlier this month, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced 19 grant awards through President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law totaling $13.1 million for pilot programs across the country.

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