Train bridge through Fort Lauderdale will leave 'gash that will never heal,' retired official warns

If a bridge carrying high-speed commuter trains ever slices through Fort Lauderdale, it will forever change downtown, delivering a cut so deep the city will never recover, a former county official warned Tuesday. “A bridge would be a scar on this community, a gash that will never heal,” former assistant county administrator Alan Cohen told Fort Lauderdale officials during a debate on whether ...

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