BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL (BCR) SOUTH
Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study
FM#: 417031-5-22-01
PROJECT UPDATE:
On December 2, 2022, the U. S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that the Broward Commuter Rail-South (BCR-South) project was accepted into the Project Development (PD) phase. Entry into Project Development makes the project eligible for federal funding through the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program of FTA and allows funds expended by Broward County to count towards the local match requirements of a future federal grant. On February 9, 2023, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted to amend the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) to include BCR-South as a Priority I project within the fiscally constrained portion of the plan, with project development funding programmed and approved in 2022 by both Broward County and FDOT.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Four and Broward County have been evaluating alternatives for implementing commuter rail along the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway from Aventura in Miami-Dade County into Broward County since January 2021. This evaluation is a direct result of a previous study known as the ‘Coastal Link’ that evaluated 85 miles of commuter rail in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. On August 25th, 2022, the Broward County Commission adopted a locally preferred alternative (LPA) for Broward Commuter Rail South (BCR South) to extend commuter rail service on the FEC Railway corridor from the planned passenger station in the City of Aventura north to the City of Fort Lauderdale, a distance of 11.5 miles. Stations are recommended in the City of Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and South Fort Lauderdale near the Broward Health Medical Center. The South Fort Lauderdale station provides access to downtown Fort Lauderdale, the Broward County Convention Center, Port Everglades, and the Beaches. The Broward County Commission directed staff to pursue grant funding from federal and state government sources to support the project, and to coordinate with the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and other organizations as appropriate in seeking such grant funding.
Miami-Dade County is also studying the implementation of commuter rail service in the FEC corridor from Downtown Miami to a proposed station that will also serve Brightline in Aventura, known as the Northeast Corridor. The Northeast Corridor is in the Project Development phase with the Federal Transit Administration making it eligible to compete for federal funding.
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Study Begin Date
2021
Study Completion Date
2024
Capital Costs
$297 million (2022 dollars)
Project Limits
Aventura in Miami-Dade County north to Fort Lauderdale in Broward County
Project Manager
Phil Schwab, P.E.
Project Manager
954-777-4524
Phil.Schwab@dot.state.fl.us
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Gerry O'Reilly
District Four Secretary
3400 W Commercial Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Tel: 954-777-4100
Fax: 954-777-4197