1640-19 Causeways Offshore Highway
.Study Approved .
,11^f 1; ;? ,.J By. LUTHER. 1'OLTZ
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Herald Staff Rohr
A highway running down the western shore of Biscayne
r hay got its strongest support Wednesday from the Miami
city T driv del lab' has been a pet project of ex •
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d Commis'lC�er R. C. .-.r for years. But never before •
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a has it received official city sanction.
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R That came on a resolution •
'^ introduced by Commissioner
Chetsle J. Senerchia. It in.
atructed the city's engineering
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and legal departments to study
the project and report back to
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9\1/\ ;11 the commission within 30 days.
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V Senerchia proposed that the
\ roadway be located 2,000 to
3,n00 feet offshore. It would
1 run front Sunny Isles rd, to •
V/\\`�\/ downtown Miami
( Cloverleafs would allow mo-
torists to enter and leave from •
•, Nk 79th st., 54th Cl., 36th at., •
t and the vicinity of the Mac
t Arthur and Venetian cause- .
ways.
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Senerchia pictured a drive
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e with I,00e feet of waterway
• restricted on each side to pre-
d vent building of islands and
o exploitation along the route. •
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"Il could be extended a mile
or two at the north to connect
Y with L.S.Highway No. 1 and
thus become eligible for fed.
l eral assistance In the building,"
s Senerchia said.
" He also forecast the possibil-
' Itv•of extension to con n e c t
-with Rickenbacker causeway
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and eventually to the Florida
Keys.
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"Using the offshore route
means•that we could ask the
trustees o0.the Internal Im-
•provement Fund (the gover-
nor and cabinet members) for
the bay bottom and build it •
with a minimum of expense •
t for condemnation," Senerchia
1 said.
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• Mayor Abe Aronovits gave
, the proposal enthusiastic sup
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port.
"Out of this or something •
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aimllarcaa conic the most see-
table and .economical solution
to ear problem of north-south
traffic movement," Aronovits'
said.
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He saw the scenic route as
one that would Allow by-pass-
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Ing the downtown area without
the blight that might be crest•
ed by previously .proposed
elevated expressways.
When the study is complet•. •
ed,the commission Is expected
to recommendthe plan to en-
gineers now attempting to •
pick the best of a series
of highway plans for bteatro-
politan Miami. '
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Engineering Director'Arthur
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E. Darlow said he will meet
. today with County 'Engineer
E. A. Anderson to begin dls-
cuselons of the overall plans. •
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I They will inert later with Mor-
rig Lipp,Miami Reach engineer,
, third member of the group,