Miami

Tolling is scheduled to begin in the two southbound express lanes on the far left side of FL/I-95 between the Golden Glades Interchange and downtown Miami Friday January 15 05:30. Tolls have been collected on two express lanes northbound in the afternoons since December 5 2008.

The South Miami Dade Busway, a 2-lane dedicated road for buses heading southwest out of Miami is likely to be studied for conversion to an express toll road. Miami Dade Metro Planning Organization seems set to vote for a study of alternatives at their July meeting. The busway runs in an abandoned railroad right of way almost alongside US1, known here as South Dixie Highway.

The $950m Port of Miami Tunnel project has collapsed because the chosen concessionaire Babcock & Brown can't raise the capital to close on the deal. Florida DOT's Miami district secretary Gus Pego is quoted in a stratement as saying the private partners "have been overwhelmed by the effects of the financial market (crisis) making delivery (of the tunnel project) unworkable."

Branded "95 EXPRESS" a pair of toll express lanes started tolling 6am Friday Dec 5 northbound on I-95 between FL836 near downtown Miami and the Golden Glades Interchange, a distance of about 13km (8 miles). Southbound twin lanes will be tolling in about a year and the lanes more than doubled in length by late 2010.

At Miami Dade Expressway Authority they are finding a little extra capacity in a busy segment of their Dolphin Expressway (FL836) by converting a shoulder to an auxiliary lane. The $800k project is about 800m (0.5 miles) long between the Palmetto Expressway interchange and NW72 St. The NW72 on ramp is also being widened and new guardrail installed.

Miami Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) is preparing to open an extension to its State Highway 836 (FL836) or Dolphin Expressway, and major improvements to toll collection nearby. The Extension takes the FL836 on from its present western terminus at Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (HEFT) to NW137 Avenue.