ROGG FEASIBILITY STUDY

ROGG Feasibility Study and Master Plan

Project description:  Develop Master Plan for River of Grass Greenway, a shared-use pathway extending greater than 70 miles through the Everglades along US41.  Study includes assessment of corridor and public involvement to determine pathway details.  Project area is between Krome Avenue (outskirts of Miami) to CR 92 (outskirts of Naples area).

Funding:  Sarbanes Transit in Parks Grant, from Federal Transit Administration

Project Advisor: Transit in Parks Technical Assistance Center (Franz Gimmler)

Project Director: Rivers, Trails, & Conservation Assistance Program (Jaime Doubek-Racine)

Project Manager:  Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation & Outdoor Spaces (Mark Heinicke)

Prime Consultant: AECOM (Nick Kuhn)

Started: ~July 1, 2012

Finished: January 2017

Final Report:

 

Click Here To Download Final Full Report

ROGG FSMP Executive Summary

ROGG_FSMP_Two-Page Handout

 

Steering Committee Members

Everglades National Park (Fred Herling)

Big Cypress National Preserve (Bob DeGross)

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Renee Rau)

Ten Thousand Islands NWR (Kevin Godsea)

Collier-Seminole State Park (Kirby Wilson)

Picayune Strand State Forest (Heather Ferrand)

Miccosukee Tribe (Tim Lamm/James Erskine)

SFWMD (Jerry Krenz)

FDOT District 1 (Trinity Scott)

FDOT District 6 (Stewart Robertson)

Dade County MPO (David Henderson)

Collier County MPO (Lucie Ayer)

Collier County Transportation Planning (Laurie Beard/Reed Jarvi)

Everglades City Area (Patty Huff)

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