Miami, FL
Another proposed site for Miami-Dade trash incinerator part of land swap deal
A development firm is proposing a 65-acre site for Miami-Dade County’s new trash incinerator as part of a land swap deal.
For decades, the incinerator in Doral burned half of Miami-Dade’s trash. But after a February 2023 fire, it’s been shut down, and the county has been under pressure to choose a new location to build a replacement.
“While we are working on reducing the amount of waste and coming up with alternatives. we are also looking at the possibility of a rebuild of a waste-to-energy site,” County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.
Commissioners were already presented with a study that analyzed three possible sites: Doral, where the incinerator was located; a site near Medley; or Opa-Locka West, which is just south of Miramar and where city officials have expressed strong opposition.
Now, there is a fourth proposal.
“We are absolutely considering environmental issues as well as individuals no matter what county they live in,” Levine Cava said.
Terra development firm is pitching the site off Okeechobee Road by Northwest 137th Avenue, nearly two miles away from the closest neighborhood in Miramar, in exchange for developing county-owned land along Northwest 58th Street between 87th and 97th avenues.
“We need to find a site… and we have found two sites already now that are far away from residents,” said Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Carlos Bermudez. “We put it away from residents so the smell wouldn’t be an inconvenience.”
The mayor of Miramar says it is much more than an inconvenience and that the location is just not suitable
“Both sites present the same environmental profile, that is why it will meet the resistance not only from the city of Miramar, but from environmental organizations such as the Tropical Audubon Society and the Everglades Coalition,” said Mayor Wayne Messam.
He promises to bring his arguments before the Miami-Dade Commission during the Sept. 17 meeting when the matter will be on the agenda. Miramar also has a legal team looking at the possibilities of lawsuits giants Miami-Dade County.
MIAMI – Stephanie Alonso died Friday, days after the 7-year-old girl was struck by a driver outside a pharmacy in Miami.
The incident happened on Monday when Stephanie and her mom were walking toward the main entrance of Navarro Pharmacy on Southwest 32nd Avenue and 22nd Street in Miami before 4 p.m.
A Red Nissan SUV driven by an elderly woman struck the girl and sideswiped her mom.
“Instead of pressing the brakes, the 92-year-old accelerates, and we can see (through surveillance videos) that the vehicle accelerates and goes right toward them. It sideswipes the mother, hits the girl,” said Mike Vega, public information officer for Miami Police. “She was not pinned under the car; she was actually right next to the vehicle.”
Stephanie was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Stephanie would have turned 8 on Sept. 21.
Miami Police have not revealed the identity of the driver, except for her age.
“We issued a ticket for careless driving, but we did not issue it to her yet because we have to wait on the outcome of the case,” Vega said.
Residents of Miami-Dade are one step closer to getting their dream home.
On Friday, 10 applicants were selected to be part of the final round of a Dream Home Lottery.
“It would be a dream,” Claudio Fernandez said from Miami-Dade County’s Main Library.
Claudio said he currently rents.
“I want to purchase a house and this is a great opportunity,” he said.
Erika said she is currently living with family.
“We are looking to start a family, so I think this is a great opportunity,” she said. “I think it’s the right time for us, and it would really mean a lot for us.
She’s one of the hopefuls who are looking to be given the opportunity to purchase one of two newly constructed homes in Homestead. Each home – with four bedrooms and two bathrooms – is going for $394,000.
“In Miami, it means a lot. It’s a great opportunity for people to have a dream home,” Erika said. “It’s a lot of things that people are suffering from right now, high-interest costs, it’s just very difficult.”
A virtual randomized drawing was held Friday to see who would be selected. Those at the county library watched on in anticipation as 10 applicants were selected out of more than 23,000 individuals.
The 10 applicants that were selected were ranked from 1 to 10. The first two will move to the financing and closing phase, and if they can’t meet the requirements in a certain amount of time, the county will continue to move down the list until both homes are sold.
Miami-Dade County says that this is just the first dream home lottery and that there are potentially 72 other plots of land they are looking to include in future home lotteries.
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