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THEY SAY — do opponents
of ,d-ba causeway — that
its cons ruction will decrease
property values along the west
shoreline of Bis-
•
', cayne Bay. That
sounds like a lot'
of hogwash.
i • ' orlis Ra.. Nothing will re- •
t duce such val.
ues but a de-
pression.
They say —
do proponents
i of the project—
that it will pay
• BELL for itself by col-
-,,,,,...
ol- -
`k. lection of tolls. That, too,
sounds like hogwash. It'll take
- a long time to collect 28,000,.
t,'.A 000 buclls by two-bit tolls. •
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They say — do proponents
of the causeway—that it must
i • be beautified with landscaping;
that the spoil bank created
• must be dedicated for use of
t • +' all the people of Dade County.
'1. Yeah?- As have been those
1spoil banks along the south
`e 'side of our ship channel, frp 4
r '.. Miami Beach to Miami? . '
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I can see no reason for prop-
, erty owners to object — for I '
selfish reasons`,to a causeway '
that would help'all the people
' . of Dada County..But—:
Look around us. H'e're
building an elaborate and ter-
ribly expensive .expressway
n o r t h-south and east-west
.through Miami Beach and Ml-
1 amt. We've just voted 548,-
000,000 to complete that proj-
ect. Yes,we'll get 90 per cent
of it back from the Federal
government, but not for some
�•• years. We'll still have His-
. - cayne Blvd.north-south. %Y'e'll
have the expressway north-
. -* south.
•
f., Do'•_we need still a third
•` north-south'artery that'll only
-empty its traffic at MacArthur
• Causeway into the heart of Mi-
ami. -And don't forget we're
getting a.north-south artery
. {put west of town that'll run
• -'4. i from the Turnpike clear to
.'-'','•?Kendall, for those motorists
'wishing to by-pass town. ,
.,Maybe we do need another
• c, 'north-south highway.But may-
', '',Y, be we don't. Let's see what
"V happens. As Steve Trumbull
, observes: "We just could have
a depression. It has happened."
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