Port Miami Tunnel closing to guard against flooding by Hurricane Matthew | Miami Herald

For the first time since it opened two years ago, the Port Miami Tunnel plans to close its watertight gates Wednesday afternoon as a precaution against a tidal flood from Hurricane Matthew.

The planned closure of the new underwater link between the MacArthur Causeway and Port Miami may be the most dramatic step yet for a county government preparing for a glancing blow from a fierce storm expected to directly threaten Florida cities north of the Miami area. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Wednesday that local officials aren’t planning any coastal evacuations, which are required for severe threats of tidal surge.

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Port Miami Tunnel closing to guard against flooding by Hurricane Matthew | Miami Herald

Seven-year reconstruction of Palmetto and Dolphin expressway interchange is done

Miami-Dade’s beleaguered auto commuters might finally have something to be happy about: It’s finished. “It” meaning the insanely complex, seemingly endless reconstruction of the State Road 836/Palmetto Expressway interchange.

Some skepticism is understandable, but it’s here in a news release: The Florida Department of Transportation and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, who collaborated on the sprawling project, said on Monday that it’s officially complete, as of Sept. 27.

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