Secretary Salazar to Celebrate Grand Opening of Tamiami Trail Bridge

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy, Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball, Chairman of the Board of the South Florida National Parks Trust Neal McAliley, and other local officials to celebrate the completion and the grand opening of a one-mile bridge over the Tamiami Trail. The bridge is the largest construction project in the history of the National Park Service and the last structural component of the Modified Water Deliveries (MWD) project to restore natural water flows to the Everglades. 

Following the ceremony, Salazar will hold a brief media availability and will lead ceremony participants in an inaugural crossing of the bridge. This will be the Secretary’s 11th trip to Florida as part of the Administration’s commitment to restoring the Everglades.

WHO:

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy

Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball

Chairman of the Board of the South Florida National Parks Trust Neal McAliley

WHAT:

Tamiami Trail One-Mile Bridge Opening Ceremony

WHEN:

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 @ 1:30 p.m. (EDT)

WHERE:

Tamiami Trail

Everglades National Park, Florida

Parking: S-334 Structure/S-356 Pump Station on the north side of

Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St., 1.3 miles west of the intersection of Tamiami

Trail/SW 8th St. and Krome Ave/SW 177th Ave (Dade Corners).

Event: Western Bridge Approach