Mayor responds to huge delays amid construction closures NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Key Biscayne Mayor Joe Rasco is taking action after drivers trying to leave the village Sunday experienced major delays, following road closures due to a pavement project.

Contractors shut down the flyover bridge on westbound SR 913/Rickenbacker Causeway connecting to southbound SR 5/US 1/South Dixie Highway and northbound SR 9A/I-95 while workers rehabilitate concrete pavement on the bridge decks, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.

“Village residents are rightfully frustrated and upset about the traffic situation we are facing, as am I,” Rasco said in a statement posted to Instagram. “Although we stressed to our partners at FDOT that a total closure of ramps would be a serious problem, we were assured it had been studied and was under control. Clearly, it is not. I have already spoken to our State Representative Vicki Lopez and have a scheduled call with FDOT District 6 Secretary tomorrow morning. What happened today is not acceptable for our KB residents nor for those …