Fort Lauderdale mayor takes aim at noise: ‘I do not want Las Olas to turn into Ocean Drive’

FORT LAUDERDALE — Mayor Dean Trantalis was trying to enjoy dinner on Las Olas with family and friends when the ambiance was ruined by an unwelcome but familiar part of life in tourist-friendly South Florida: The deafening vroom vroom vroom of a parade of motorcycles and souped-up cars. “It was loud,” Trantalis griped at a recent City Hall meeting. “I do not want to see Las Olas Boulevard turn into Ocean Drive — and that’s where we’re headed.” 

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