Miami-Dade leaders are not waiting for Miami International Airport to hit gridlock before making a move. On Tuesday, county commissioners signed off on Chairman Anthony Rodriguez’s push to launch the next phase of planning for a potential new airport, giving the mayor’s team a green light to dig into the technical, environmental and financial weeds.
The vote directs the mayor’s office to identify realistic funding paths, complete deeper analyses and keep commissioners on a tight update schedule, with status reports due to the full board within 90 days and then every 90 days after that.
As reported by Miami’s Community Newspapers, the motion instructs Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to follow the roadmap laid out in a March 2 feasibility report and to sharpen the evaluation of three possible locations: Miami Executive Airport, Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport and a potential new development site in south Dade. Rodriguez warned that “We are approaching a critical point where capacity constraints could limit economic growth, disrupt travel, and impact our competitiveness,” and supporters of the measure said the next round of work will focus on technical, environmental and funding reviews. Commissioners framed the move as a way to keep the county ready for future passenger, cargo and general-aviation growth…