Category: Broward News

Improving Broward’s mass transit: There will be speed bumps

If you’re a Broward County resident looking for mass transit improvements, get ready for a bumpy ride. The county’s ability to win voter approval of a $15.6 billion, 30-year transportation sales tax in November may turn out to have been the easy part — and that’s a tax that was defeated twice before by voters. County officials have already seen Fort Lauderdale’s Wave streetcar project derailed last year after more than a decade of planning. They heard opposition from Plantation and... Read More

Robert Mueller has turned in his Russia report. What happens now?

Now what? Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his Trump-Russia investigation and on Friday delivered his final report to Attorney General William Barr. But what the report looks like isn’t clear. Justice Department regulations required only that Mueller give the attorney general a confidential report that explains the decisions to pursue or decline prosecutions. It could have been as simple as a bullet point list, but the Justice Department has described it as... Read More

“Horrendous” traffic in booming downtown Fort Lauderdale slows 911 response times

Downtown traffic is delaying emergency responders from reaching victims, a dangerous growing pain for the developing city. Fort Lauderdale’s urban core is undergoing an unprecedented building boom. The burgeoning downtown population adds cars to the road, but there’s more to it than that, Fort Lauderdale fire-rescue personnel say: — Roads or lanes are sometimes closed at high-rise construction sites. — Traffic-calming devices like roundabouts and speed humps were added in recent... Read More

Extra traffic in booming downtown Fort Lauderdale slows 911 response times

Downtown traffic is delaying emergency responders from reaching victims, a dangerous growing pain for the developing city. Fort Lauderdale’s urban core is undergoing an unprecedented building boom. The burgeoning downtown population adds cars to the road, but there’s more to it than that, Fort Lauderdale fire-rescue personnel say: — Roads or lanes are sometimes closed at high-rise construction sites. — Traffic-calming devices like roundabouts and speed humps were added in recent... Read More

‘That’s not my job’: Miami police chief rejects proposed anti-sanctuary city policy

Miami’s police chief has publicly denounced a proposed state law that would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Speaking Friday morning on Spanish-language radio … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Here’s why H. Wayne Huizenga’s mansion and others may benefit from selling through auction

They can be described as dream homes, these two waterfront mansions in Fort Lauderdale that take luxury to new heights. One is a sprawling $27 million estate owned by the late billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga, whose auction begins Tuesday. The other is the $36.25 million Bella Fortuna estate, patterned after a Venetian palace. So why are the owners of such trophy properties turning to auction companies to make the sale? Despite the presence of millionaires and billionaires across South Florida,... Read More