Heat Shield 2 – Major Regional Simulation on Emergency Training
Operation HeatShield2, a major regional fullscale exercise, took place this Saturday, April 28, 2018 across ten venues in Palm Beach County. Council staff worked with personnel from multiple Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and regional agencies to plan the event. The training included active shooter scenarios, as well as mass casualty, crowd control and forensics. Well […]
Federal Highway Administration Makes Available $60 Million for Advanced Transportation Technologies Grants
Federal Highway Administration Makes Available $60 Million for Advanced Transportation Technologies Grants WASHINGTON – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for states, cities and other agencies to compete for $60 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program (ATCMTD) grants to fund new technologies that improve transportation […]
Traffic impact grows for Miami mega mall
Please click here for the South Florida Business Journal article Please be advised of the upcoming public hearings scheduled for the May 2016 CDMP Amendment Application Nos. 5 and 6–American Dream Miami and Graham Companies: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.: Community Council 5 (Country Club of Miami), Lawton Chiles Middle School, 8190 NW […]
Financing set to bring Tri-Rail trains into MiamiCentral Station
Miami Today Article http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2016/11/08/financing-set-bring-tri-rail-trains-miamicentral-station/
Tri-Rail Coastal Link Update and Conversation
Focus: Broward County Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Broward County Convention Center Palm Room A 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 Please Register here Please join County Commissioner Quentin “Beam” Furr, County Commissioner Chip LaMarca, and County Commissioner and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Chair Tim Ryan, along with county, state, […]
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson meets with Regional Leaders
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson met with the South Florida Regional Council and Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority during his August 31st visit to South Florida. He briefed the Council and DDA Board Members on issues of importance to the state and region, and sought their input on local and regional priorities. These issues include Everglades […]
SFRTA Unveils New Tri-Rail Commuter Connector – Mass Transit Magazine Article
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Plans for Tri-Rail’s downtown link on track
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The Florida Association of Counties Recognizes South Florida and Treasure Coast Regional Planning Councilmembers for Exceptional Leadership with 2016 Presidential Advocate Award
From left to right, Mayor Pro Tem Heather Carruthers (Monroe), Councilmember Beam Furr (Broward), Councilmember Doug Smith (Martin), Councilmember Priscilla Taylor (Palm Beach), Councilmember Peter O’Bryan (Indian River), and Councilmember Daniella Levine-Cava (Miami-Dade). Commissioner Chip LaMarca (Broward), Commissioner Sally Heyman (Miami-Dade), Commissioner Audrey Edmonson (Miami-Dade), Commissioner Melissa McKinlay (Palm Beach), Commissioner Mary Lou Berger (Palm […]
Health issues due to sea-level rise impact South Florida
Health issues due to sea-level rise impact South Florida The result of two years of collaborative research with the FAU Center for Environmental Sciences and the South Florida Regional Planning Council, FIHI’s final report Health and Sea-level Rise: Impacts on South Florida, released on July 11, is now available for download. Using an innovative public health framework […]