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City of Sunrise Florida - Sunrise Earns Complete Streets Community Award 07 March 2024 ( news )
City of Sunrise , state Florida ( By Press Release office)
Mar 07,2024
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Assistant City Manager Sean Dinneen , Mayor Michael J . Ryan , Broward MPO Executive Director Gregory Stuart , and City Manager Mark Lubelski pictured ( left to right ) with the 2024 Complete Streets Community Award at the 2024 Safe Streets Summit
The City of Sunrise received the
Complete Streets
Community Awardfor Broward County at the 2024 Safe Streets Summit , held in Miami on February 29
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. The annual Summit—a joint effort between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization ( Broward MPO ) , the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency , and the Miami - Dade County Transportation Planning Organization—is dedicated to fostering safer , more inclusive streets in South Florida .
The Complete Streets Community Award is presented to a local government or organization that has significantly contributed to implementing Complete Streets—roadways that are designed to enable safe access for all users , including pedestrians , bicyclists , motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities .
The City of Sunrise is proud of its record of transit and mobility excellence . Sunrise established its vision with the adoption of a Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan in 2015 .
Together with the Broward MPO and the Florida Department of Transportation ( FDOT ) , Sunrise constructed Broward’s first Complete Streets Suburban Demonstration project along Sunset Strip in 2018 .
Sunrise is home to the first raised bicycle lane in Broward , implemented along NW 44th Street , and the City has been designated a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists .
Multiple projects in Sunrise have embraced Complete Streets principles , and many more are planned for the future .
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