Urban Partnership AgreementUrban Partnership Agreement • August 15th, 2007
Contract Type FiledAugust 15th, 2007This Urban Partnership Agreement sets forth an agreement in principle between the U.S. Department of Transportation (the “Department”) and the Department’s Miami-Area Urban Partner, comprised of the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”), the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Miami-Dade Transit, Broward County Transit, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, and the Florida Turnpike Enterprise. Under this agreement, the Urban Partner agrees to (i) convert not less than 21 miles of two (one in each direction) high-occupancy vehicle (“HOV”) lanes along I-95 from I-395 in Miami to I-595 in Fort Lauderdale into variably-priced high-occupancy toll (“HOT”) lanes; (ii) re-stripe portions of I-95 from I-395 in Miami to I-595 in Fort Lauderdale to create two additional HOT lanes (one in each direction); (iii) expand transit capacity to enhance current express bus services and implement new Bus Rapid Transit (“BRT”) service within