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Voters Could Sink or Save Miami’s $80 Million Virginia Key Marina Deal
Miami commissioners will consider sending an $80M plan to voters to redevelop the Virginia Key marinas, reviving a yearslong fight over public waterfront land.
Miami’s long-running tug-of-war over who controls the Virginia Key marinas is about to hit the ballot box. On Thursday, city commissioners are set to decide whether an $80 million plan to overhaul the long-neglected, city-owned waterfront should go to voters, a move that could finally end years of legal and political trench warfare.
The proposal would hand a private operator the job of modernizing aging docks, building large dry-storage towers, adding new restaurants and retail, and expanding public parking at the Rickenbacker and Marine Stadium marinas. …
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