Many wearing bright green shirts, dozens of residents of cities in southwest Broward ventured south of the county line Tuesday to give Miami-Dade County commissioners a piece of their minds regarding a plan to build a new waste-to-energy plant at the site of a decommissioned airport.
The Opa-locka West Airport site is - controversially - a stone's throw south of the Broward County line, located near Okeechobee Road and Krome Avenue. It is among four options Miami-Dade's mayor and commission considered to replace the previous Doral facility, which burned down in early 2023.
That has residents and officials in Broward cities like Miramar, Southwest Ranches and Pembroke Pines angry, threatening litigation and showing up to Miami-Dade meetings like Tuesday's commission meeting, where officials are expected to vote on the plan.
"It's a shock to learn that Miami-Dade County is prepared to impose in Broward County what you no longer want in your county," one south Broward resident said. "It strikes me as taxation without representation regarding our environment and lives."
Tuesday's meeting came one day after Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a Doral town hall on the incinerator proposal.
