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Miami Beach, Fla., light-rail is not priority, says transportation policy group.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 19-NOV-04
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COPYRIGHT 2004 The Miami Herald

Byline: Larry Lebowitz

Nov. 19--Miami Beach voters may have finally convinced their elected leaders that they really want streetcar-style mass transit, but that doesn't mean they are going to get BayLink built any faster.

A key transportation policy group Thursday blocked an attempt by Miami Beach to push the proposed $488 million light-rail project to connect the island city and the mainland higher on the county's funding wish list.

Led by black county commissioners who said they need to protect the Metrorail North Corridor expansion along Northwest 27th Avenue through predominantly black neighborhoods, the Metropolitan...

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