US$260 million Krome Avenue upgrading project completed, Miami

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Nearly six years later, the non-stop construction of the US$260 million Krome Avenue upgrading project, Miami-Dade’s westernmost thoroughfare, the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) has been completed. The Department of Transportation announced that the project that began in 2015 was completed recently with the latest and last piece of the current program, a one-year, US$16 million project by Horizon Contractors that included building a new facility allowing trucks to bypass Homestead’s Historic Downtown District, finished 42 days ahead of schedule.

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The Krome Avenue upgrading project also featured a variety of infrastructure improvements, including new drainage, signals, signage, and lighting; roadway rebuilding, widening, and restriping; and sewer upgrades. Altogether, the Krome Avenue program spanned 36 miles of roadway in West Miami-Dade from Okeechobee Road southwest of Pembroke Pines to Palm Drive in Florida City. Construction, engineering and inspection consultants on the project included Aecom, Calvin Giordano & Associates, The Corradino Group, H. Rodriguez Consulting Engineering, RK&K Engineers, and Solid Consulting Engineering. Project segments ranged in length between a 2.4-mile stretch north of Tamiami Trail and a seven-mile link between Tamiami Trail and Kendall Drive. Per-project costs ranged from US$13 million to US$59 million. Work along the full length of Krome Avenue included: widening the road from two to four lanes, reconstructing roadways and shoulders, Constructing new non-motorized, multi-use trails, realigning intersections, installing a 40-foot median in some parts, new guardrails, drainage systems, lighting, signage, and pavement markings.

The projects “address safety, flooding, water quality, economic competitiveness and preservation of the existing roadway,” FDOT Project Manager Jonathan Fundora said, adding that FDOT programs with similar projects to improve Krome Avenue have been in the works since 1999. “Widening the roadway was critical in providing a safer, more efficient commute for drivers in the area, and the multi-use path provides a dedicated trail for bicyclists and pedestrians,” he added.