Yes, the City of Miami has done it again. It has managed to squander away another perfectly good $50,000 on another useless project. About two years ago there was an armed robbery in Belle Meade. The knee-jerk reaction by some Belle Meade residents was to erect a fence to prevent crime and Commissioner Sarnoff choose to support this silly idea with tax payer dollars.
Transit Miami produced this short video to illustrate how ridiculous and pointless this fence is. Instead of wasting $50,000 on a useless fence, Transit Miami has asked Commissioner Sarnoff to organize an Upper Eastside Charrette so that the entire community can come together and address the many issues that affect our neighborhood. We have yet to hear back from Commissioner Sarnoff regarding the charrette.
If you think this fence is a waste of money and the funds could have been more wisely invested to develop a long term Upper Eastside plan, please let Commissioner Sarnoff know by sending him email by clicking here.
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Is that the finished project or is there still work waiting to be done?
Yeah Felix, that is the finished product. It was a half baked idea from the very beginning. Don’t forget the send Sarnoff an email please!
I supported the fence concept as originally proposed at a cost of around ten thousand……It got better when the City was to pay for it….This is a response to crime. Not the best response, but non the less a respose….
Please note that I and about a dozen residents in Belle Meade took money out our pockets 25 plus years ago to hire an attorney to fight the expensive guard house and at over $500 per household, we still have crime…..This is another effort, but as we know not the end all to crime….
How in the world the fence price got up to 50K can only be explained by City Hall………..50K is five times what it should have been. Steve Hagen
Half a fence. OMG.