MIAMI — Two commuter rail projects in South Florida that would use the Florida East Coast Railway main line received positive funding news this week, although Miami-Dade’s mayor expressed some reservations about one of those plans.
On Friday, Oct. 23, the Federal Transit Administration announced that the Broward County Commuter Rail South project, which would develop service between Fort Lauderdale and Aventura, had reached the engineering phase, a milestone that allows spending to begin for non-construction costs including engineering, utility relocation, and property acquisition.
Earlier, the Florida Department of Transportation restored some $200 million in funding for the Miami-Aventura “Northeast Corridor” project, public broadcaster WLRN reports. That money would complete funding for construction…