Resolution 360a-2005
RESOLUTION NO.360a-- 2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ENDORSING THE ll-MILE ELEVATED "SKYWAY
OVER THE EVERGLADES" (TAMIAMI TRAIL)
ALTERNATIVE IN THE MODIFIED WATERS
DELIVERY PROJECT.
WHEREAS, Monroe County supports the restoration of America's Everglades, and
WHEREAS, the 70 mile two-lane stretch of Tamiami Trail that links east and west
coasts of South Florida from Miami to Naples cuts through the heart of the Everglades,
interrupting the natural flow of water to America's most threatened wetlands wilderness, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County recognizes that in order to protect and enhance the natural
flow of water to the Everglades and Florida Bay, the Tamiami Trail, built in 1928, must be
transformed into a modem "skyway", an environmentally sound elevated roadway that would
allow unrestricted flow and restoration to Shark River Slough, the central artery of the
Everglades, and
WHEREAS, an alternative project has been proposed to build a "skyway" over the
II-mile stretch with the most critical significance to restoration of the water flow; and
WHEREAS, the proposed II-mile "skyway" would be similar to what has been built in
Louisiana, where visitors to its majestic bayous can proudly view these natural treasures on
elevated highways while imposing minimal impact on water flow and wildlife movement, and
WHEREAS, in 2001, the Science Coordination Team of the South Florida Restoration
Task Force recommended in a consensus letter to the Army Corp of Engineers that the preferred
alternative is to raise the entire II-mile section and stated that only by building the "skyway"
could full restoration be achieved, and
WHEREAS, the ll-mile "Skyway Over the Everglades" would provide a substantial
economic benefit to Monroe County by promoting international tourism;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, that:
SECTION 1: Monroe County hereby recommends that the U. S, Army Corp of
Engineers choose the preferred environmental alternative, an II-mile elevated skyway over
Tamiami Trail in the Modified Waters Delivery Project,
SECTION 2: The County Administrator send a letter within thirty (30) days to the Corp
of Engineers recommending the II-mile Skyway alternative,
Skyway Over the Everglades Resolution - Neugent 9,21.05 (KP 9,7.05)
SECTION 3: Monroe County deliver a letter, through its representative, to the Miami-
Dade Metropolitan Planning Operation (MFO) endorsing the II-mile Skyway_
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Board on the28thday of September, A.D" 2005,
Mayor Dixie M, Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner David Rice
(SEAL)
ATTEST: Danny L. Kolhage, CLERK
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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