Miami-Dade’s mayor is throwing some cold water on Brightline’s plan to build a $927 million commuter rail line for the county between Miami and Aventura, saying the latest version of the tax-funded project has too many downsides to get her support.
“We want to reach an agreement with Brightline that brings commuter rail service to our residents while protecting taxpayers,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s office said in a statement this week. “The agreement as currently proposed does not meet that standard, but we remain committed to working with Brightline to reach a deal that does.”
Known as the Coastal Link, the project would use existing Brightline tracks to create an eastern alternative to the Tri-Rail commuter service, with street-level trains running along U.S. 1 at stations in Wynwood, Little Haiti, Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay campus and other stops near the coast…