AVENTURA, Fla. — Brightline passenger service from the new Aventura station north of Miami, which was slated to begin Wednesday (Dec. 21) after ceremonies Tuesday marking its completion, has been postponed over delays in final construction inspections, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
Brightline spokeswoman Vanessa Alfonso told the newspaper the issue involved the stations’s elevator permits. “We are working around the clock to get these issues resolved as soon as possible,” she said. “We will share updates as they become available.”
As of Thursday morning, a message at the top of the Brightline website read that the Aventura schedule “is being adjusted as we implement finishing touches.” It reiterated the note about working around the clock and asked customers to check back for updates.
The Sun-Sentinel obtained a message to one passenger who had booked travel Wednesday from Aventura, informing the customer the trip had been cancelled and offering a $50 credit for future travel.
The passenger operator’s other new station, at Boca Raton, opened Wednesday as scheduled.
@Alan Jones…those “expired” inspection slips you see may not be expired at all. Having read an article about how there’s a dozen state inspectors for 8000 elevators in San Francisco and many show expired operator permits with an explanation that the big office buildings are usually maintained under contract and those contractors can perform the yearly inspections and report the information to the State…but the state may not issue a valid operating permit until much later if ever, even though it states said item must be posted in the elevator. Now Florida may not have the same provisions, but I’m sure it could work the same way for a brand new elevator as well if needed.
This is somewhat funny. Elevator Inspectors are these unusual breed of hard to get, hard to find and the most difficult to please people. Anyone who works in construction knows how challenging it can be to get an inspector at a new building on time.
Second that. Cannot tell you how many expired inspection slips I have seen. a quick punch of alarm bell has many inop.