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The city's capital improvements office has installed 47 of 50 one-way tidal backflow valves citywide, a $2.5 million Miami Forever Bond program aimed at keeping Biscayne Bay out of the storm drains.
Miami commissioners voted 3-1 on July 10, 2025 to abolish the Bayfront Park Management Trust, and the downtown waterfront park entered 2026 under direct city management while restoration work continued.
Miami's new mayor has promised a deep review of an operating budget that reporting put at $1.8 billion, as Tallahassee's property-tax debate threatens the roughly $650 million in property tax revenue the city collects.
Miami-Dade's transit department cut Metromover to weekday service and introduced a per-trip fare effective February 1, 2026, while Metrorail riders near Dadeland South endured single-tracking into April.
Miami Dade College reopened the 1925 National Historic Landmark on Biscayne Boulevard on September 16, 2025, after a two-year, roughly $25 million restoration, with four new exhibitions inside.