For more than a year, boaters and elected officials have voiced concerns over Brightline running up to 32 trains across it.
Mariners like Howard Mason, who lives on a boat docked just west of the bridge, feel it’s a nuisance.
“It causes great obstructions with the marine traffic as it opens and closes so many times a day,” said Mason.
He’s been holding on to hope that the bridge will be replaced with a taller, newer version.
“I’ve heard that they’ve wanted to raise the bridge and I think it’s a good thing to do,” he said, “but I don’t think that the taxpayers should be responsible for coming up with the money.”
The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and the city of Stuart have been working on a project to make it happen.
If built, the new proposed bridge, will have a 17-foot clearance, which is much higher than its current 6-foot height.
This week the project hit a roadblock.
WPTV