“Towards the end, I asked very simply, ‘Can you commit to presenting a plan to with the loading dock and the garbage truck access on Collins Avenue?’ His answer? ‘No,'” Langesfeld said. “County has standards, as well as there are other standards.Ī possible workaround, families said, is for developers to ask state agencies for a special exception. “Before you do any traffic modifications, you need to ensure that that is properly engineered and properly is consistent with a certain level of standards that is set forth, that is meant to control safety in the travel ways,” said a developer. They mentioned that having garbage and a loading dock on Collins would not be code compliant.

We thought it was going to be very different.”įamilies asked developers to consider presenting a plan where the garbage collection and loading dock could be moved to Collins Avenue.Īccording to the developers, they are working on solutions but claim they need to submit plans that are code compliant. “Garbage and a City Furniture truck is not emergency vehicle access. Let’s put the loading docks where they died,'” said Martin Langesfeld, a Surfside memorial advocate. “So they want to say, ‘Let’s take advantage and take as much as we can from 88th Street.