On October 28th, 2014, the Town Council approved Resolution #14-1263 adopting the Town of Miami Lakes Greenways and Trails Master Plan. The Town of Miami Lakes is a master-planned, mixed-use community designed to encourage a variety of community activities, services in close proximity, and recreation through a unique system of 101 parks. The Miami Lakes Greenways and Trails Master Plan complements the Town's Comprehensive Master Plan vision to create safe and convenient non-motorized transportation to connect communities, recreational parks, schools, office parks, and businesses. When implemented, the Plan will provide a network of off-road shared use paths for bicycling and walking, as well as a network of on-road facilities including bike lanes for major thoroughfares and share lane markings for low-speed, low-volume streets.
As part of the Master Plan, key locations were identified for the implementation of shared lane markings to better enhance the bicycle network within the Town of Miami Lakes. Shared lane markings are used in travel lanes to indicate a shared condition where bicyclists may occupy the travel lane and to indicate the optimum lateral placement for bicyclists in the lane. These markings will be located in low speed residential neighborhoods, which will help guide bicyclist to the larger greenways and trails network. AsMiami-Dade County maintains the jurisdiction over pavement markings on roads within the Town, an intergovernmental agreement is needed to proceed with the improvements.
By approving the intergovernmental agreement provided by the County, the Town will be able to install and maintain shared lane markings on local municipal streets within the boundaries of Miami Lakes, thus allowing Town staff to move forward with further implementing the Greenways and Trails Master Plan. In addition, in an effort to expedite any future Greenways and Trails Master Plan improvements, it is requested that the Town Council also grant the Town Manager the authority to execute any future intergovernmental agreements in similar formwith Miami-Dade Countyrelated to the Master Plan.