In Miami Beach, a flood-mitigation project, originally planned to be mostly complete in time for this fall’s king-tide-induced flooding, now is heading to a late 2018 completion. The schedule change results from the Florida Dept. of Transportation’s move to resequence some storm-drainage work into the second phase of a roughly $25.4-million project to rebuild a one-mile stretch of state Road A1A.
Enacted last September, a funding agreement called for Miami Beach to pay approximately $5.4 million of the Indian Creek Drive flood-mitigation project’s estimated $25.4-million price tag. However, to expedite the project, the agreement also called for the city to advance FDOT up to about $20 million in cash, which the state will reimburse later.