Earlier this month, the Herald reported that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado were at odds over the bridge design selection process.
Regalado was part of the lawsuit that forced the state to make good on its promise to build the bridge. As part of the settlement, the FDOT commissioned an advisory “aesthetics” committee so that locals could have a say in the bridge design. Gimenez has taken the side of those who favor the Fluor design and commented that the state erred in its calculations, but Regalado accused Gimenez of playing politics with the issue.
