Fort Pierce City Officials Raise Brightline Banner on Parking Garage City Public Works employees hung Brightline banners at the City Hall parking garage in downtown Fort Pierce on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Elections do have consequences. Not all of them are good. After an election that ousted two incumbents, the Stuart City Commission voted Monday […]
STUART, Fla. – Plans to keep the Brightline train in Stuart are causing a lot of noise. “I hope they deny everything because it’s a private company and we shouldn’t be paying for it,” said Martin County resident Bob Smith. “Yes, it will cost money, but to get back and forth and to get to […]
See Brightline passengers on the first train service from Miami to Orlando The long-awaited rail connection to Orlando’s entertainment capital begins aboard the Brightline trains carrying passengers from South Florida. thσmαѕ σrdч, Palm Beach Post Maybe the Brightline station in downtown Stuart isn’t a done deal after all. By a 5-0 vote, the Stuart City […]
Treasure Coast primary results are presented by this week’s NI90 TCPalm’s ROb Landers brings you some of the most important local news of the week in News in 90 Seconds. STUART — Plans for a Brightline station here may be giving city and county officials cold feet. Planned as a $60 million project, the station […]
Watch a Brightline qualifying train pass through Stuart for the first time On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, a Brightline-qualified train will travel through downtown Stuart for the first time. Leah Voss and Lina Ruiz, Treasure Coast Newspapers Maybe the Brightline station in downtown Stuart isn’t a done deal after all. By a 5-0 vote, the […]
STUART, Fla. – A new agreement for the Brightline station in downtown Stuart was approved Monday. This will involve 200 above-ground parking spaces. But where will they go? WPTV referred this question to Michael Mortell, Stuart City Manager. “Are they on top of each other or next to each other?” said Mortell. Mortell said one […]
STUART – The city took another step forward Monday in its effort to restore passenger rail service. City commissioners unanimously approved — in the absence of Commissioner Christopher Collins — a lease with Brightline for the previously announced Southeast Flagler Avenue station. The lease is subject to approval by the Martin County Commission, which could […]
Since the railway line opened in 2018, there have been more than 30 accidents at level crossings involving Brightline trains carrying pedestrians or vehicles. News from Palm Beach County: Netanyahu visits Trump, scholarship program suspended Palm Beach County news in 90 seconds: Netanyahu comes to West Palm Beach, home improvement grants are suspended, and there […]
