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Fast-tracked Miami streetcar system hits snag over price

November 10, 2016

A fast-tracked streetcar project has left Miami Beach in a tough negotiating position as it prepares to spend a year hashing out an estimated $244 million contract to build a rail system that would ultimately connect across Biscayne Bay to light rail on the mainland, The Miami Herald reports.

Earlier this year, the city’s elected officials urged administrators to pursue an unprecedented bidding process that could result in a more expensive project because they decided not to have bidders compete on price.

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