Metropolitan Planning Organization of Miami-Dade County has contracted with the CUCD to prepare an analysis and report of an alternative design for the I-395 elevated highway, which is slated to be rebuilt.

The current layout has caused blight and disinvestment in downtown Miami.  The alternative under study was conceived by Miami Urban Watch and favors the replacement of the elevated highway with a surface boulevard.  The CUCD hired the Transportation Engineering Firm of Glatting Jackson to advise the team of architecture students and Miami Urban Watch and to assist in the preparation of documents and drawings to illustrate the viability and benefits of this Alternative to the City of Miami and its neighborhoods.

The work that went into this study has come to the attention and favor of the City Board of Commissioners and Mayor.  A Blue Ribbon panel of City-County and Transportation Planners has been established to determine the plans viability.

Above: View of proposed Performing Arts Boulevard looking East