Construction resumed on downtown Miami’s oldest street, where road closures lingered for almost two years. Mayor Eileen Higgins, a downtown resident, called the Flagler Street Improvement a “disaster.”
However, crews cut concrete and laid brick pavers near the First Avenue intersection on Friday. Dani Moshe owns Miami Discount Center, which lies half a block south, and struggled to survive with the road closed for almost two years. He was almost ready to celebrate.
“You want vodka,” he said. “Really, we need them to finish the job already. We look like a third-world country. Come on. For the last two years, everything has been closed.”…