Resolution 001-2001
Board of County Commissioners
RESOLUTION NO. 01 -2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED
FOUR LANING OF THE JEWFISH CREEK BRIDGE, REQUESTING A
TWO LANE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, AND OPPOSING THE
HIGHWAY WIDENING PROPOSED IN THE MILLER HURRICANE
EVACUATION REPORT.
WHEREAS, this Board has repeatedly expressed its concern that the widening of
US Highway One between Key Largo and mainland Florida to four lanes would adversely
impact the fragile ecology of the Florida Keys, and would increase vehicular traffic into
the Florida Keys, thereby creating secondary impacts on the Keys environment and
quality of life, placing additional demands on local law enforcement agencies, and
accelerating residential development pressures exceeding available allocations; and
WHEREAS, this Board, through its Resolutions 196-1995, 295-1995 and 315-
1995, urged the State of Florida DOT not to pursue the four-Ianing of US Highway One
between Key Largo and mainland Florida, but to develop other alternatives; and
WHEREAS, the recently-completed Miller hurricane evacuation report does not
recommend four-Ianing of US Highway One between Key Largo and mainland Florida,
nor is that road segment identified in that report as a critical link in the Florida Keys
evacuation route; and
WHEREAS, the installation of a four-lane bridge over Jewfish Creek, coupled to a
roadway comprised of fewer lanes, might create traffic hazards due to lane merger; and
WHEREAS, the construction of an unnecessarily large and hazardous bridge over
Jewfish Creek, and the widening of US Highway One in lieu of inexpensive traffic
management measures, could be an unconscionable waste of public resources; and
WHEREAS, the unique ecosystem and communities of the Florida Keys should be
saved, not paved; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that
Section 1. The Board hereby reaffirms its opposition to the proposed four laning
of US Highway One between Key Largo and mainland Florida, and the Jewfish Creek
Bridge, and requests a two lane bridge replacement project.
Section 2. The Board states its opposition to the highway widening proposed in
the Miller hurricane evacuation report.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 9th day of January, 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Nora Williams
om missioner Murray Nelson
missioner Dixie Spehar
issioner Charles McCoy
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