Everglades restoration received $96 million of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 As a result of the stimulus package a mile-long (1.6 km) bridge to replace the Tamiami Trail a road that borders Everglades National Park to the north and has blocked water from reaching the southern Everglades was begun by the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2009 the next month work began to reconstruct the C-111 canal east of the park that historically diverted water into Florida Bay Governor Charlie Crist announced the same month that $50 million of state funds would be earmarked for Everglades restoration in May 2010 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of bridges were proposed to be added to the Tamiami Trail, Downtown Miami 1.5 Recent history! . On July 1 2009 Alex Acosta after leaving the post of United States Attorney (USAG) for South Florida became FIU's second dean of its law school He departed FIU to become the United States Secretary of Labor in 2017 in 2019 he stepped down as Labor Secretary after scrutiny of his role as USAG in the minimal sentencing of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Miami-Dade County is one of the three counties in South Florida that make up the Miami metropolitan area which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018. . On September 8 2017 FIU faced up against willing opponent the Alcorn State Braves in Birmingham AL an event known globally as 'the most lunch pail carrying low pad level football guys guys tailgate of all time' in reference to the display of pregaming that happened prior to the game.
; . . See also: List of amusement parks in Greater Orlando List of shopping malls in the Miami metropolitan area and List of casinos in Florida. Cultural institutions The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library contains more than 710,000 items including 2,600 periodical titles 5,000 audiovisual items 150 electronic databases and an "excellent Catholic American collection." the library also contains a collection of documents pertaining to Operation Pedro Pan. 1910 752,619 42.4% A view of Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County See also: Environmental impact of shipping and Shutdown of thermohaline circulation. .
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