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• As Port tunnel work starts, don’t you wish they could widen the approach to the Venetian toll?

  Work in preparation for the Port of Miami tunnel construction started Monday afternoon on the MacArthur Causeway, a years-long project that promises congestion aplenty for South Beach residents with a substantial impact on the Venetian Causeway. The opening phase really has to do with adding temporary lanes on Watson Island [...]
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• Can electric bike solve Beach traffic?

  Your Belle Isle Blog is hearing lots of talk these days about new ways to beat traffic, save cash and be green lately, and we’re starting to see that talk turn to action. We wanted to share some of this as food for thought. We saw the Electric Bicycle Store [...]
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• McArthur Causeway prep for Port tunnel could start Monday

  The Miami-Dade county group overseeing the Port of Miami tunnel project gave the go ahead Thursday for work to begin on the MacArthur Causeway in advance of tunnel construction, The Miami Herald is reporting. Beach businesses are worried about it, as The Herald reports here, and Venetian Causeway residents are [...]
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• New gym invites Belle Isle to open house

  A new gym is going into the space above the Purdy Lounge that used to house Energie, and they are inviting Belle Isle workout junkies to an open house. The new joint is named Symbio,  at 1815 Purdy Ave. The event is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and they ask that [...]
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• Architects make progress with Belle Isle residents; big test is Design Review vote on July 6

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  The designers of the proposed apartment complex on the northwest corner of Belle Isle made their case to the island residents association Monday night — and made a little a little headway, too. The project goes before the Miami Beach Design Review Board on July 6. City staff earlier this [...]
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• Apartment plans presented tonight at Belle Plaza

  The architect of the proposed apartment project at 31 Venetian Way is scheduled to preview another incarnation of the project to the Belle Isle Residents Association at 7 p.m. Monday. The meeting happens at Belle Plaza, 20 Island Ave., in the condo meeting room. The developer is expected to seek [...]
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• Beach planners say proposed apartments threaten Belle Isle’s “scale and character”

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  The design of apartments proposed to replace the Belle Isle Key Apartments is too tall and bulky, Miami Beach planners say, and “will dramatically change the scale and character of Belle Isle.”. In a staff analysis prepared for the Miami Beach Design Review Board, Planning Director Richard Lorber says the [...]
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• Why the port tunnel debate matters to traffic on the Venetian Causeway

  Anyone who lives on the Venetian Causeway knows what a traffic logjam on the MacArthur means to residents on Belle Isle, Rivo Alto, DiLido, San Marino and Biscayne islands. And how the tollbooth from the mainland east stacks up with cars and drivers who don’t have a C-pass. Island residents [...]
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• Venetian Causeway streetscape project stuck in traffic

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  If you’ve wondered why construction stopped on improvements to the Venetian Causeway, the Venetian Islands Homeowners Association does too — though they have a couple of answers. There area couple of projects underway on the causeway — one streetscape project overseen by Miami-Dade County and another by Miami Beach (Rivo [...]
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• Nine Island chooses KW as new manager

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  The Nine Island Avenue condo board Wednesday night voted to negotiate with KW Property Management as its new management company. The decision came on a 3-2 vote. All board members said either of two firms, KW and CSI Management Services, would be acceptable choices. The new company will replace the [...]
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