The City of Fort Lauderdale reminds visitors and residents that the Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival will be held on Saturday, March 13. The Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade will begin at 2:00 p.m. and travel west along Las Olas Boulevard from S.E. 8th Avenue to Huizenga Plaza. Residents and visitors [...]

Continuing his focus on strengthening Florida’s economy, Governor Charlie Crist today applauded the beginning of construction at the Interstate-595 site during a groundbreaking ceremony for the 595 Express Corridor Improvements Project in Broward County. The 595 Express improvements, an Accelerate Florida project, has created more than 900 jobs and more are anticipated as construction continues. [...]

The House General Government Policy Council today approved House Memorial (HM) 563 by Representative Seth McKeel (R-Lakeland).  The legislation calls on the United States Congress to support the expedited removal of the moratorium prohibiting exploration and production of domestic supplies of oil and natural gas in federal waters surrounding Florida, and to include Florida in [...]

[ February 19, 2010; 12:00 am to 11:56 pm. ] The Fort Lauderdale Police Department will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, February 19, 2010.  The location of the checkpoint will be in the 700-800 block of Northwest 24 Avenue.  The checkpoint will be conducted from 4:00 P.M. until 12:00 A.M.

Vehicles will be randomly selected and drivers will be checked for valid paperwork [...]

Job Creation Initiative
The future of Florida’s economy depends on the actions we take to boost job recovery and harness existing economic growth opportunities for businesses. Last week, I unveiled a multi-faceted effort to help Floridians find jobs, create jobs and increase their incomes. The plan focuses on four initiatives: job seeker assistance, information on business [...]

A school bus headed to Everglades Elementary with students wrecked early this morning in Weston. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with BSO Fire Rescue are on the scene of the wreck with injuries at Bonaventure Blvd., near S. Post Rd. in Weston. The driver of a Broward County Public School bus collided with a vehicle [...]

President Barack Obama announced yesterday that Florida will receive $1.25 billion in federal funding to launch a high speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando signals a fundamental shift in the state’s pattern of future growth, said leaders of the Audubon of Florida.
“Florida’s green future just got much brighter,” said Charles Lee, Audubon of [...]

On Thursday, January 28, 2010 there will be a joint meeting with the City of Hallandale Beach City Commission and the City’s AD HOC Parking Committee.  The meeting will be held at 6:30pm at the Cultural Community Center, 410 SE 3rd Street.
In an effort to address and to study parking citywide, the City Commission directed [...]

I have just returned from a busy week of committee meetings in Tallahassee.  As we move closer to the first day of session, my legislative priorities are coming into focus.  This week I filed my second bill.
Let’s Make Florida’s Roadways Safer
The last months of 2009 saw a number of teen drivers and their passengers involved [...]

Tri-Rail, South Florida’s premier commuter rail system, has partnered with Miami Subs Pizza & Grill to offer additional service, including special, late-night trains and shuttle buses, to meet the demand for Pro Bowl 2010 and Super Bowl XLIV. Event-goers can beat the traffic and enjoy a ride on Tri-Rail for only $5 roundtrip, which [...]

Tri-Rail is adding a special late-night, northbound train on New Year’s Eve to serve people attending the “Big Orange” celebration in Downtown Miami on Thursday, December 31. The last train of the night will depart Tri-Rail’s Metrorail Transfer Station at 1:30 a.m. on January 1, 2010. The train will make northbound stops until all passengers [...]

Broward County Transit is introducing the 95 Express, a fast and convenient service to and from Broward County and Miami-Dade County on new, Wi-Fi accessible, hybrid articulated buses, starting on January 25.
95 Express will start at Pines Boulevard/Flamingo Road, and travel along Hollywood/Pines Boulevard, with stops at Flamingo Road, University Drive, US 441, Hollywood Tri-Rail [...]

To help address transportation needs for the expected crush of visitors to South Florida for the Pro Bowl Game, January 31, and the Super Bowl, February 7, the Broward County Permitting, Licensing and Consumer Protection Division is issuing temporary operating permits for limousines, luxury sedans and shuttle vans. Both games will be played at Landshark Stadium; the [...]

From the office of Florida Rep. Kelly Skidmore:
This week the Special Session on rail issues concluded.  The House voted on the legislation on Monday, December 7.  The bill, which I supported, passed by a vote of 84 to 25.  The next day the Senate adopted the same legislation by a vote of 27 to [...]

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, in partnership with the Metropolitan Planning Organization in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, is announcing a call for projects in the Miami Urbanized Area for Job Access & Reverse Commute and New Freedom program funds for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. These Federal Transit Administration program funds are [...]

From the office of Broward Mayor Ken Keechl
Written by Kimberly Maroe
Broward County Mayor Ken Keechl’s first official day as Mayor was jam packed. Mayor Keechl and County Commissioners welcomed in the world’s largest cruise ship, greeted passengers flying into Fort Lauderdale on a new airline and celebrated the official designation of A1A as a “scenic [...]

[ November 24, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. December 15, 2009; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 5, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 6, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. January 7, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Thank you to Florida Rep. Kelly Skidmore for sharing this information with BrowardNETOnline.com.
Broward County
Education and Cultural Affairs Public Hearing
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm
FAU – Seatech – Institute for Oceans and Systems Engineering
101 North Beach Road, Dania Beach

Transportation, Growth Management, Economic Development, Environmental Public Hearing (First Reading of Local Bills)

Tuesday, December 15, [...]

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is bringing its services to residents right in Coral Springs when the Mini-FLOW comes to City Hall on November 30.
Mini-FLOW is the Department’s Florida Licensing on Wheels mobile unit that comes complete with technology to help customers renew a driver licenses, obtain a replacement license, change [...]

From Florida Rep. Kelly Skidmore
Florida’s Turnpike is moving to an all-electronic toll collection, with the first implementation on the southern 47 miles of the Turnpike in Miami-Dade County by 2011, followed by other segments.  In order to accomplish an all-electronic toll collection, the Turnpike is introducing a new electronic toll collection system called Toll-by-Plate.  The [...]

Davie Road will remain open today, Tuesday, November 10, and tomorrow, Wednesday November 11, 2009.
Beginning on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at approximately 9 a.m. Broward County will close one northbound lane of traffic on Davie Road from approximately S.W. 43rd Street to S.W. 41st Court.
For more information, contact Will Allen at 954-797-2093.

Updated Nov. 14 8:21 p.m.
Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives released the identity of a man who died when his small airplane crashed Sunday evening in the Florida Everglades in Broward County.
Edmundo Velazquez, 49, of Oviedo, had just crossed over Interstate 75 when his plane crashed into a dark, remote area north of the highway.
At 6:43 [...]

The largest cruise terminal in the world to serve the two largest and revolutionary cruise ships in the world officially opened at Port Everglades last week, just one week prior to the arrival of Royal Caribbean International’s 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas.
“We finished building Cruise Terminal 18 on time and under budget, which is [...]

[ November 2, 2009 to November 16, 2009. ] Broward County Transit (BCT) has scheduled a series of public meetings to gather input on future service plans. These community meetings represent one of the three phases of the Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA), a comprehensive study and evaluation of BCT service operations. The three phases consists of service assessment, service evaluation and public participation.

The public [...]

[ November 4, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Rescue crews will hone their skills in a realistic disaster training exercise at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Wednesday, November 4, beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m.

The drill will simulate the crash of a jetliner with 55 passengers and crew on board as it makes an attempt to land at the airport. The plane will come [...]

Since President Barack Obama opened the lines of travel to Cuba, airlines and cruises have been vying to be portals to take Americans to Cuba and vice versa. Broward County commissioners approved this week allowing the mayor tosend a letter to the U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets control asking permission to use Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood [...]