Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: August 31, 2010, Open House, 5:30 p.m.; Formal Presentation, 6:30 p.m.; followed by a public comment period
PLACE: Celebration Ballrooms, 12531 West Okeechobee Road (Second Floor), Hialeah Gardens, Florida 33018 (In the event that the Public Hearing cannot be held on August 31, 2010 due to severe weather or other unforeseen conditions, it will be held on the alternate date of September 14, 2010 at the same time and place)
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This Hearing is being held to give interested persons an opportunity to express their views concerning the location, conceptual design, and social, economic, and environmental effects of the proposed widening of the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (Turnpike Extension) from SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway) to east of N. W. 57th Avenue (Red Road), Project Development and Environment Study, in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, a distance of approximately eighteen (18) miles (Financial Project Identification Number 423371-1-22-01).
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Imran Ghani, Project Manager, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, P. O. Box 613069, Ocoee, Florida 34761-3069 or email: imran.ghani@dot.state.fl.us.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least seven (7) days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Mr. Imran Ghani at (407)264-3802 or by email: imran.ghani@dot.state.fl.us. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
For more information, you may contact: Mr. Imran Ghani, Project Manager, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, P. O. Box 613069, Ocoee, Florida 34761-3069, (407)264-3802, by email: imran.ghani@dot.state.fl.us or by visiting the project website: www.TurnpikeExtension.com.