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Article: Port of Miami tunnel tender design and update
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- Mining Engineering
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Sep 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Florida Department of Transportation District 6 (FDOT D6) began a study in 1987 for a master plan to improve the traffic circulation and congestions between the Port of Miami (POM) and downtown Miami, FL. This study included a tunnel connection between two man-made islands, the Watson and the Dodge islands. Though a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) was completed in 1992, the project remained on hold for about 10 years. In 2002, Florida Turnpike look over this project, re-evaluated its benefits to the local communities, determined its feasibility (specifically the tunnel options) and established a probable cost.
In 2005, the FDOT D6 regained its charge over the project and ...