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U_ It"RE.SaQJTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
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Mayor Neugent
RESOLUTION NO. 051
- 2001
WHEREAS, this Board has repeatedly expressed its concern that the widening of US
Highway 1 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, 315-1995, and 01-
2001, urged the State of Florida DOT not to pursue the four-Ianing of US Highway 1 between Key
Largo and Mainland Florida, but to develop other alternatives; and
WHEREAS, this Board recently adopted Resolution No. 01-2001, expressing its opposition
to the proposed construction of a four-lane bridge over Jewfish Creek and to FDOT's proposed
expansion of US Highway 1 between Key Largo and Mainland Florida; and
WHEREAS, most of the "lS-Mile Stretch" between Key Largo and Mainland Florida is
located in Miami-Dade County, which shares Monroe County's concerns over environmental
preservation, highway safety and wise use of public funds; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that
The Board hereby requests Miami-Dade County to join Monroe County in
opposition to FDOT's proposed expansion of US Highway 1 between Key Largo and
Mainland Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a special meeting of said Board held on the 23rd day of January, 2001.
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