The Miami-Dade County Transportation Committee voted to send the board’s recommendation to the Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust (CITT) asking that 11 projects be restored to the CITT five-year plan after they were denied for two consecutive years.

Chairwoman Higgins said the department has had 11 "important projects rejected from the CITT 5 year plan" for two years running and that the committee is directing the board's advice back to CITT for reconsideration. "Our attorneys have opined that they meet the standards of the requirements for spending PTP," she said. The chair provided a handout to members listing projects and timetable concerns.

The chair highlighted safety concerns tied to specific projects, saying that one example is missing fire alarm panels at three MetrorMover stations, which the department said has required staffing those sites 24 hours a day as a contingency. Committee members described the projects as "vital safety projects" and emphasized the impact of further delays, which they said have now exceeded two years.

The committee approved the direction to send its recommendation to CITT by voice vote; no individual roll call was recorded for this item during the meeting. The meeting record did not include a detailed project-by-project budget or schedule for each of the 11 projects; the chair indicated that the projects had been circulated to members in a handout.

The committee's action is advisory to CITT; final inclusion in the five-year plan remains subject to CITT review and decision.