The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the September 15, 2021 Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) virtual workshop. The workshop video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/oTEEepTYgSw

1. Miami-Dade TPO
Transportation Aesthetics
Review Committee (TARC)
Virtual Workshop
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

2. MIAMI-DADE TPO TARC VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
GUIDELINES 2
Guidelines
• This workshop is being held virtually and is being recorded.
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• Permissible discussions include:
• Presentations
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• Comments related to the presentation(s)
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• Please hold comments until presentations are concluded.

3. TARC Agenda
Informational Items
I. State Road 997 (Krome Avenue) from SW 296th Street to SW 232nd Street
Next Workshop
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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Informational Items
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

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State Road 997 (Krome
Avenue) from SW 296th Street
to SW 232nd Street
I.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

6. September 15th
, 2021
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE
LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT #438034-1
FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

7. FM NUMBER 438034-1-52-01
TOTAL PROJECT LENGTH: 3.67 MILES
PROJECT LOCATION
SR 997 - KROME AVENUE
FROM SW 296th
STREET
TO SW 232nd
STREET
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
RAILRO
AD
C
A
N
A
L
BEGIN
PROJECT
END
PROJECT
SW 182ND SW 182ND
SW
23
2
ND
SR 997 / KROME AVE
SW
296
th
BIS
CA
YN
E
DR
.
SW
28
0
TH
SW
27
2
ND
SW
26
4
TH
SW
25
6
TH
SW
24
8
TH
SW 172ND
SW 172ND

8. SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
EXISTING ROADWAY CONDITIONS
• Highway Beautification stand alone landscape project to enhance
the aesthetics of SR 997 / Krome Ave.
• The limits of this project extend from SW 296th
Street
to SW 232nd
Street (Silver Palm Drive).
• SR 997 / Krome Ave. has recently been widened from a two lane
highway to a four lane divided highway with median.
• A Mixed-Use Recreational Path is also being installed along the west
side of SR 997 / Krome Ave.
• The surrounding area along the roadway includes farmland, fruit
stands, nurseries, and other businesses.
• It serves as a major North/South route in western Miami-Dade
county.

9. PROJECT SCHEDULE
PHASE DATE
Design Phase II:
60% Plans Submittal date
2/19/2021
Design Phase III:
90% Plans Submittal date
5/18/2021
Plans Complete 11/22/2021
Letting Date 1/27/2022
Construction Start - End Date April 2022 - October 2022
Project Budget $962,000
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

10. CORRIDOR CONTEXT
Croplands and Tree Farms
Most of the adjacent land use along the corridor is comprised of farm land used for truck
farms or tree farms. This includes wholesale nurseries that supply the landscape trade.
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
RAILRO
AD
C
A
N
A
L
BEGIN
PROJECT
END
PROJECT
SW 182ND SW 182ND
SW
232
ND
SR 997 / KROME AVE
SW
296
th
BISC
AYNE
SW
280
TH
SW
272
ND
SW
264
TH
SW
256
TH
SW
248
TH
SW 172ND
SW 172ND

11. CORRIDOR CONTEXT
Fruit stands and Specialty
nurseries
Along with farms, there are also significant retail specialty nurseries along with fruit and
juice stands that cater to the general public. This type of activity imparts a distinctive sense
of place connecting the general public to the county’s agricultural heritage.
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
RAILRO
AD
C
A
N
A
L
BEGIN
PROJECT
END
PROJECT
SW 182ND SW 182ND
SW
232
ND
SR 997 / KROME AVE
SW
296
th
BISC
AYNE
SW
280
TH
SW
272
ND
SW
264
TH
SW
256
TH
SW
248
TH
SW 172ND
SW 172ND

12. CORRIDOR CONTEXT
Commercial and Retail
There is also limited traditional retail/commercial activity that serves the local residents of
this area.
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
RAILRO
AD
C
A
N
A
L
BEGIN
PROJECT
END
PROJECT
SW 182ND SW 182ND
SW
232
ND
SR 997 / KROME AVE
SW
296
th
BISC
AYNE
SW
280
TH
SW
272
ND
SW
264
TH
SW
256
TH
SW
248
TH
SW 172ND
SW 172ND

13. DESIGN GOALS
Enhance the quality of SR 997 / Krome Ave by
providing plantings that:
• Ensure Motorist and Pedestrian Safety
• Reflect the unique identity of this section
of the SR 997 / Krome Ave corridor
• Enhance the experience of both trail
users and motorists
• Respond to the surrounding context and
site specific constraints.
• Create a visual vocabulary that enhances
the sense of place
• Mitigate the increased visual impact of
widened road
• Increase the corridor’s economic viability
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

14. FARMLAND AREA TREATMENT
CLEAR ZONE
ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY
CLEAR ZONE
MIXED USE
PATH
OVERHEAD
UTILITY LINES
SECTION SHOWN
BELOW
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

15. SPECIALTY RETAIL AREA TREATMENT
CLEAR ZONE
ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY
CLEAR ZONE
MIXED USE
PATH
OVERHEAD
UTILITY LINES
SECTION SHOWN
BELOW
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

16. PLANT LIST
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME NATIVE
SHADE TREES
Bursera simaruba Gumbo Limbo Yes
Ficus citrifolia Short Leaf Fig Yes
Swietenia mahagoni Mahogany Yes
FLOWERING TREES
Bombax ceiba Red Cotton No
Cassia javonica Pink Shower No
Ceiba speciosa Floss Silk No
Delonix regia Royal Poinciana No
Lagerstroemia speciosa Queen Crape Myrtle No
Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle No
Peltophorum dubium Yellow Poinciana No
Pseudobombax ellipticum Pink Shaving Brush Tree No
Spathodea campanulata African Tulip Tree No
Tecoma stans Yellow Elder No
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

17. PLANT LIST
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME NATIVE
SMALL TREES
Capparis cynophallophora Jamaica Caper Yes
Conocarpus erectus Green Buttonwood Yes
Conocarpus erectus ‘sericeus’ Silver Buttonwood Yes
Eugenia axillaris White Stopper Yes
Gymnanthes lucida Crabwood Yes
Myrcianthes fragrans Simpson’s Stopper Yes
SLENDER PALMS
Adonidia merillii Christmas Palm No
Ptychosperma elegans Solitaire Palm No
LARGE PALMS
Bismarckia nobilis ‘silver’ Silver Bismark No
Livistonia nitida Carnarvon Gorge Fan Palm No
Roystonea regia Royal Palm Yes
CLUSTER PALMS
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Paurotis Palm Yes
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

18. PLANT PALETTE
SHADE TREES
Ficus citrifolia /
Short Leaf Fig
Swietenia mahagoni/
Mahogany
Bursera simaruba /
Gumbo Limbo
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

19. PLANT PALETTE
SMALL TREES
Conocarpus erectus ‘sericeus’ /
Silver Buttonwood
Capparis
cynophallophora /
Jamaica Caper
Eugenia axillaris /White
Stopper
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

20. PLANT PALETTE
SMALL TREES
Gymnanthes lucida /
Crabwood
Myrcianthes fragrans /
Simpson’s Stopper
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

21. PLANT PALETTE
FLOWERING TREES
Cassia javonica /
Pink Shower
Ceiba speciosa /
Floss Silk
Bombax ceiba /
Red Cotton
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

22. PLANT PALETTE
FLOWERING TREES
Lagerstroemia indica/
Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa /
Queen Crape Myrtle
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET
Delonix regia/
Royal Poinciana

23. PLANT PALETTE
FLOWERING TREES
Peltophorum
dubium/
Yellow Poinciana
Pseudobombax
ellipticum /
Pink Shaving Brush
Tree
Spathodea
campanulata /
African Tulip Tree
Tecoma stans /
Yellow Elder
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

24. PLANT PALETTE
SLENDER PALMS CLUSTER PALM
Ptychosperma
elegans/
Solitaire Palm
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii /
Paurotis Palm
Adonidia merillii /
Christmas Palm
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

25. PLANT PALETTE
LARGE PALMS
Livistonia nitida/
Carnarvon Gorge Fan Palm
Bismarckia nobilis ‘silver’/
Silver Bismark
Roystonea regia /
Royal Palm
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE: FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

26. September 15th
, 2021
SR 997 / KROME AVENUE
LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT
FROM SW 296th
STREET TO SW 232nd
STREET

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October 20, 2021
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