Despite laws that allow construction noise waivers only in emergencies and to avoid risks to life and property, records reveal that for years city officials have been rubberstamping applications, even for routine job-site operations.

Since October 2023, City of Miami officials have approved every request submitted – more than 1,100 citywide – to exceed the 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. restriction for job-site construction noise permitted under city law.

Coconut Grove, Brickell, downtown and other coastal neighborhoods within District 2 accounted for the bulk of those requests – 452 applications, or 40 percent of the total.

Of the 1,135 requests submitted, none were denied, though two were later revoked.

City records also reveal that officials routinely granted the so-called “construction noi

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