Resolution 2002 3 `:11a_V I 0_ ,l; NO. 2002
ITTHERS, then; is an ilnmedi acre pressing need fora direct State Highway
between Lake Okeechobee and via the shortest est practical route, namely aloe -
side the Miami canal, and
D - '- ofa , ' g �*gay has already been largely
Dade Count; portion� -�.�.�� �.�.��.� -�
co :pleted at the e: ease of Dade County; n the necessary road material, ready
fr.-Jr�gr�,,ai.L is already Or the rock s poi l--back of 1.,he iai i. calla-' from h , north
��<,.��� county� .L.�_ � -�„ �, � junction
� � L the
South New River -�-- a point about
y c.��nt,�� line to �.he junction with the canal
3,) miles -7,,3s , of Fort Lauderdale -- add the required road
material for the re-
distance to the Lake is easily procurable by dredging the rock from the
canal bottom, an d
`ETTa• . , thousands of tons of products from the Lake section are
a port for the benefit of low water transportation rates to the North, and
j7HI EAS, Miami is the metropolis ®f South Florida and has the only devel-
oped deep water ioort in this general area, with six established ocean steamship
ljnes makingfrequent sailings to northern and other ports , and where pre-cool-
irg plants, r-efriger at ed compartments in ships, mun5. ci-oal docks and warehous es,
and other facilities, are available to shippers , and
r'- REA\S millions of dollars are now being expended by private interests
in the Lake section and along the Miami canal, which will tremendously aunient
the tonnage, and for which Arran 7emaits mast now be rade to .:f neU7.i rIt e pi iclo
coii!iaa►kc a ti on and transport, and
V Hi{ aS , even though Dade county is a large contributor to the state
road fund, the com letion of the Miami-Okeechobee H _ghti�;�a�; along the Miami canal
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would involve very little additional expenditure in Dade county, but would
coif er a great benefit upon o t her count i_es and_ t he Lake region generally, and
WHEREAS, the Miami-Okeechobee Hi rh:Tay along thb Miami canal would tap
a network of roads converging at the southern shore of the Lake, at the most
central point, and nearest the most extensive dem.relopment, and
ViHER7A.S , a State Hi hw aalong c he cazt bank of the Miami canal would
also answer as a dike to assist in the flood-control of the lever Glades, there-
by
� with
� State' s
by conserving,conserving, a ma�:ilr: nin area co-ordination �� �.h the plans of the
Everglades Engineering Board of Review, and
W:r-TER?A3, a much larger acreage of State-owned lands is tributary to,
and would be directly benefited. and enhanced in value by, the Miami canal route
than any other route that might be selected., and
VTC-ERESI_S, co-incidentally wi th the building of this proposed State Miami canal would be improved High-
way, the, 1
�T' for a igati on purpos es, thereby greatly
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aiding the transportation of bulky products by barges, and promoting the devel-
opment J the Lake region and intersubstan-
tially
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mediat e territory accordingly, and substa -
ti ally increasing taxable values and b tat e revenues,
NOD, THS "FOES, BE I.�, .R0L I'E.D, that this organization heartily enders e
the project as a great humanitarian measure, in contributing to flood-control,
and as a bdcn to the Lake settlers in facilitating traffic and towering their
transportation costs.
BE IT FJ RT HF t R$OLV]J, that State Road Department be urged to survey
and select and designate the route along the east bankof the T ia.mi canal fr.om
Miami M' n' t o Lake Okeechobee as the official route of the so-called State Road 26;
and to request the
place the said Miami -canal Highway on the
Legislature to
-ferential List of Roads, and to make provision for its prompt construction.
BE IF TiURTIER ROLVED, that copi es of this resolution be transmitted
,��_ TT. ���.*_�, ; ��,- ��.� the Chief
to the Governor; the Chairman of the S teat' Tigi_ ay Com111_. _.O1 ,
DCallla€e E1g11uP1 , and the State Selator and Representatives from this District .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of May , A. D. 1929.
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ATTEST: , of the City of Miami Beach, •
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City Clerk
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