{"id":127189,"date":"2026-01-22T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127189\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:45:08","slug":"las-olas-makeover-would-remove-medians-expand-sidewalks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127189\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Olas makeover would remove medians, expand sidewalks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM<\/p>\n<p>Las Olas makeover would remove medians, expand sidewalks <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Fort Lauderdale officials are moving forward with plans to redesign Las Olas Boulevard, a proposal that would remove the iconic medians and black olive trees that have lined the street for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The plan would widen sidewalks by at least five feet on both sides, replacing the medians to make the area more pedestrian and business friendly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City leaders say most commissioners support the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYes, ultimately the medians and the black olive trees will be removed,\u201d Mayor Dean Trantalis said, noting the project could add more trees overall in other areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Questions remain about how the redesign could affect street parking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in the nearby Himmarshee District, city officials are addressing a rise in late-night emergency calls. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Fort Lauderdale Fire Department reported more than 1,100 calls last year, many involving intoxication and overdoses, the highest number since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Christian De La Rosa\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/59a14089-8518-45b5-b7.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Christian De La Rosa<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Christian De La Rosa joined Local 10 News in April 2017 after spending time as a reporter and anchor in Atlanta, San Diego, Orlando and Panama City Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM Las Olas makeover would remove medians, expand sidewalks FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-127189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}