(Miami, Florida)—City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and Commissioner Jeffery Allen, District 5, will be joined by city administrators, civic leaders and area residents for the ribbon cutting celebration of the Model City Floral Park Project, Phase I, a Capital Improvements project, to be held on Monday, October 3, 2005, at 11:30am, at the intersection of 18th Avenue NW and 41st Street NW.

This project’s proposed design aimed at improving the quality and appearance of local streets and improving the drainage to the area by introducing turf blocks along the swale and French drains at locations where flooding is a common occurrence. The width of the roadway was corrected and the pavement width will be unvarying at 22 feet.

The location of the project is the area between NW 17th Avenue and NW 19th Avenue and from NW 40th Street to NW 44th Street. The scope of the project included milling and resurfacing of local streets to improve the appearance and pavement width, turf blocks and reconstruction at NW 18th Avenue between NW 40th and NW 42nd Street.

The total estimated cost of this project is $2,041,609 and the funding sources are Community Block Grant Funds and the Transit Half Cent Surtax. Phase II of this project is slated to start early next year, from 17th to 19th Avenue and NW and 45th Street to 57th Street NW.

For additional information, contact the Department of Capital Improvements, Danette Perez at (305) 416-1286 or Zimri Prendes (305) 416-1284.

WHO: Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Jeffery Allen, District 5, civic leaders, municipal administrators and area neighbors

WHAT: Ribbon cutting ceremony for Model City Floral Park Project, Phase I

WHEN: Monday, October 3, 2005 at 11:30am

WHERE: Intersection of 18th Avenue NW and 41st Street NW