"Go big or go home,” Rickenbacker / Bear Cut process gets rolling

"Go big or go home,” Rickenbacker / Bear Cut process gets rolling

Key Biscayne residents will soon learn of an ambitious plan to restructure the famed, but often congested, Rickenbacker Causeway.

Bear Cut Bridge upgrade years away

Work to rehabilitate or replace the Bear Cut Bridge on the Rickenbacker Causeway is still a long way from beginning and will cost $60 million to $100 million, a public meeting on the project was told last week. Until after the current 30-month study is completed in 2027, no decision is expected on whether a taller bridge will be constructed. While funding for the work would primarily come from the causeway’s own toll revenues, the development te…

Big Reveal: Developer David Martin behind alternative Rickenbacker plan

In a Wizard of Oz moment at the Key Biscayne Village Council meeting last Tuesday, the man behind the curtain – in this case, a Rickenbacker Causeway plan– turned out to be none other than developer David Martin. Martin’s company, Terra Group, just led the purchase of the Silver Sands property for a record-setting $205 million to build a luxury condominium. Key Biscayne resident Eugene Stearns said at the April 8 Council meeting that he asked Ma…