Showing posts with label 95 Express. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 95 Express. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2009

How do you solve a problem named Kopelousos?

January 17, 2009

Drivers will encounter several lane closures this weekend on Interstate 95 near the State Road 112/Interstate 195 interchange in Miami as demolition work continues for the next phase of the 95 Express project.

The Florida Department of Transportation schedule calls for:

- The ramp from southbound I-95 to eastbound I-195/Julia Tuttle Causeway will be closed to all traffic from 11 p.m. Friday until 12 a.m. Saturday and from 11 p.m. Saturday until 12 a.m. Sunday.

Southbound drivers are urged to exit at Northwest 79th Street eastbound to southbound Biscayne Boulevard and then turn east at Northeast 36th Street to the eastbound I-195 ramps heading to the beach.

- State Road 112 and I-195 will be closed in both directions near I-95 from 11 p.m. Friday until 12 a.m. Saturday.

Drivers heading to the beach on eastbound State Road 112 will be detoured south on I-95, exit at eastbound Northwest Eighth Street, go under I-95 and turn left onto northbound Northwest Third Avenue to northbound I-95, to eastbound I-195.

Heading west on I-195, drivers will detour onto northbound I-95, exit onto westbound Northwest 62nd Street, make the U-turn under I-95 to the southbound I-95 on-ramp and then exit onto westbound State Road 112.

-- Up to two travel lanes will be closed in both directions on I-95 near the State Road 112/I-195 interchange from 11 p.m. Friday until 12 a.m. Saturday. At least one lane will remain open in each direction overnight.

-- Two southbound lanes on I-95 will be closed near the State Rad 112/I-195 interchange from 11 p.m. Saturday until 12 a.m. Sunday.

Reader comments at: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/858154.html?commentSort=TimeStampAscending&pageNum=1

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How do you solve a problem named "Kopelousos?" 

Last year, after constantly shaking my head at the poorly thought-out moves/banal awareness campaigns of FDOT, I added FDOT head Stephanie Kopelousos to my list of Google Alerts, and that move has paid the sort of dividends I'd hope for from Day One. 

I am continually informed of her incompetent plans, the current state of her sloppy thinking, with quotes, as she flits from one part of the Sunshine State to another, traveling largely in stealth mode, dodging questions. 

I urge those of you who question the practicality of the 95 Express project in a chaotic place like Miami, to consider doing a Google Alert of her yourself. 

You'll discover that there is a whole world of criticism of her and FDOT from all over the state, including mine: that she seems to be deathly afraid of being in a room full of well-informed citizens, with press in the room. 

She prefers to be with govt. officials and industry types.