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One day, commuter trains may roll through downtown Fort Lauderdale over a concrete bridge that stands at least 40 feet high. But there’s still one thing that might derail the plan: The potentially astronomical costs of acquiring highly valuable private property through eminent domain. “That may kill a bridge entirely,” Fort Lauderdale Commissioner John Herbst said just minutes after voting .
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 .
Train bridge will leave gash that will never heal, retired official warns sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.