MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava expects repairs to broken elevators and escalators around Metrorail and Metromover platforms to speed up.
“The parts are starting to come in,” Mayor Levine Cava told CBS News Miami after the final public hearing on the county’s next fiscal year budget. “There was a huge problem with the supply chain during the pandemic, and we’re beginning to catch up so we can accelerate some of those repairs and replacements.”
The county had 17 elevators and escalators out of service Wednesday, according to Department of Transportation and Public Works data. The number grew to 20 Thursday. That happened as maintenance crews repaired and reopened an elevator at the Freedom Tower Station downtown.
CBS News Miami Reporter Larry Seward asked the mayor, “When will we see fewer elevators and escalators out-of-service around public transportation platforms?”