The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust will have a special meeting Thursday afternoon to consider giving $125 million in additional funds from the county transportation surtax funds and People’s Transportation Plan bond program to Miami-Dade’s Department of Transit and Public Works for ongoing architectural and engineering projects. But there are few details.

Several questions asked by the CITT staff came back with “pending” on Wednesday. Unanswered.

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One member called the proposed amendments a ‘power grab’

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One member called the proposed amendments a ‘power grab’

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Transit workers leader calls for end of private service

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City threatens to suspend trolley services

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The city of Miami may get cut off by Miami-Dade when it comes to transportation funds because of bad accounting.

According to the latest audit available from last year, the city has not been able to show how it has allocated almost $20 million in transportation surtax funds from the half-penny People’s Transportation Plan sales tax. Another $20 or $30 million has been spent on items the county auditor says are ineligible for surtax funding.

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