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Broward Vice Mayor’s Message

Dear Community Members,

ello April and a special greeting to all the new District 4 residents! It is with
great excitement that I welcome residents of the Harbor Beach community to
HDistrict 4. Due to redistricting, District 4 gained many new communities and
associations in the City of Fort Lauderdale. I look forward to working with you as we
continue to move our community forward. Here are several updates the Broward County
Commission and employees have been working on.

Convention Center Project and Bypass Road Update
As you may be aware, the County Commission undertook this major project of
expanding the Broward County Convention Center and adding a new headquarters
hotel in 2016. I’m proud to say the project has been moving forward accordingly and
the Commission took the right steps to make sure the project continued even through the
difficulty and height of the pandemic. The vertical construction for the Hotel and East
Expansion commenced in the past couple weeks. Bonds were issued in December for
the East Expansion and will be issued for the Hotel in April.
Lamar P. Fisher
Broward County Vice Mayor,
Commission District 4

Broward County
Governmental Center
115 S. Andrews Ave., Room 412
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Rendering of planned plaza area, which will have views of the waterfront and downtown Fort Lauderdale
for residents and visitors.
Additionally, the County continues
to work on the Bypass Road Project
Commission Assistant which will alleviate traffic
Mabel Hurtado
mhurtado@broward.org congestion on 17th Street. Design is
Tel: 954-357-7004 in process, still following the same
route from the south of Federal Hwy
to 24th Street to Eisenhower Blvd to
17th Street. Staff is currently
working with FPL to move poles to
widen the north end of Eisenhower
Blvd – widening work should start
later this year. Construction on the
rest of the Bypass Road is scheduled to start in 2023. For more information on the
Convention Center Project and updates, visit Broward.org/CCExpansion.

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