State board taking control of Miami-Dade toll expressways after MDX loses court fight

The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority agreed Friday to surrender control of five of the county’s busiest toll roads after losing multiple court fights against a state law creating a replacement agency.

While some legal avenues remain, the chairman of the county-controlled board on Friday sent an email instructing employees of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) to begin taking orders from administrators of the new state board, the Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX).

“I am saddened to report that our fight for local control of MDX has taken a bad turn,” Jose “Pepe” Diaz, a former Miami-Dade commissioner who served as MDX’s chairman said in in the evening email. “This requires me to advise you that the legislative created agency, GMX, formed to take over MDX by the legislature, should now be allowed to access MDX’s facilities and control over its affairs.”

The email announced the end of a protracted fight for control of the Dolphin Expressway and four other commuting routes. The battle, mostly played out in court motions and hearings, pitted Miami-Dade’s government against the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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