1640-36 Causeways APR 161965
10-B THE MIAMI HERALD Friday, April 16, 1965
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MidhayParkway Parses
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Head. In Public Again .
By KARL WICKSTROM ' ' wrote in a memo outlining
Herald SNIP Writer A' s master plan revisions.
The never-quite-dead idea '' The "-planning Board will
of building a big road down ` ' study the proposed revisions
the middle of Biscayne Bay " , : , � ` and ' vote • on them next '
officially bobbed to the sur / +"C month..Then'the "guide for
face again Thursday. Dade's future" goes to Metro
This time, call it a "park- p•!..r,, , Commissioners ,for adoption.
way." ° ; % I. Approval was 'withheld the
But the proposal by Metro r 'r last'time around because of
planners if for the same Mid- '._ 'tc.0i' .> the thick black` line cutting
av ausewa that once • ' '�x down the bay •to designate
sparke o Dade's hot- • ;., the Midbay Causeway. _
test political battles and a WALTERS GOULD •
'grand jury investigation. • Planner Charles Crurnpton
ens when theyfist consid-
commented after Thursday's
/
The giant road could parol; . .sessign: that ,"removing the
lel the Miami shoreline, from erect the plan more' than a line from the nap won't elim
just south of Broad Cause- ;year ago.,, ' " Mate the need for the road.
way (near NE 123rd St.) .. Planning" -Director ' Regi, We aie still convinced that it
down to an interchange 'at nald Walters; explained' to twill be needed." •
MacArthur Causeway. the P 1 a n n i n r``Advisor
g, y Also Thursday, the Plan-
Planners included the proj Board,, however, ,that the ning Board approved Dade's
,ect in massive revisions to` highway and other.causeway first Urban'Renewal project,
Dade's` General Land. Use .projects should now be called, plans, one'of a' number of
Master Plan, despite repeat- parkways. F','This is to de= local approvals needed as the
;ed objections to the road- scribe the we want
sprawling re-development
way'from Metro Commission- them t0 be developed," he program moves toward the
i..execution stage. • •
The board re-elected'Emil
Gould as chairman and elect-
ed Architect•Herbert John-
'son as vice chairman:
Director Walters,told. the
board 'he had recently re-
ceived inquiries from eight
cities Which,.'are interested in
discus's i ng contracts with
Metro ,for municipal plan-
ning services.
D e s pi t e "apprehension"
toward Metro by some city
officials; Walters said, "a lot
of these 'false harriers seem
to be breaking away.,I'm op-
timistic.""
Walters said he`envisions
a special planning unit".with-
in his office to handle plan-
,ning .projects` ,or cities in
coordination with overall
countywide work. '
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