Miami Beach is considering significant utility rate increases to generate over $1 billion for essential infrastructure projects aimed at flood prevention. If approved, water and sewer rates would rise by 9%, and stormwater rates by 22%, leading to a projected increase in the average homeowner's monthly bill from $130 to nearly $200 by 2030. City officials stress that neglecting these hikes could jeopardize past investments and planned initiatives, underlining the urgency for the City Commission's vote to approve the proposals as early as March.
"We can continue just kicking the can down the road, but at what expense? At the expense, quite literally, of the resiliency of our city."
"For the average single-family homeowner, the combined monthly utility bill would jump from about $130 now to $145 later this year - and to nearly $200 in five years."
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