The Tri-Rail system was originally built with a Fort Lauderdale Airport station on Ravenswood Boulevard (Anglers Avenue) at SW 36th Street (Collins Road) at a cost of $806,000. It was directly across
Interstate 95 from the airport's main runway. On January 3, 1989 – six days before the system opened on January 9 – Broward County aviation officials objected to the station being opened because it was located in the
clear zone around the runway.) County commissioners then voted not to operate connecting bus service to the station and Tri-Rail postponed opening of the station.
Florida Department of Transportation and Broward County officials clashed over which agency was responsible for the station being built in the clear zone. Local commentators called it a political maneuver, noting that frequently-congested I-95 was even closer to the runway than the station. The Tri-Rail board voted on March 17 to close the station on March 23. It temporarily reopened in May 1989 when the runway was closed for resurfacing. A replacement station opened at Tigertail Boulevard, about to the south, on July 17, 1989, at a cost of $268,000. It was formally dedicated four days later. More elaborate than the earlier stations, the $3.3 million facility included octagonal pavilions, larger canopies, and a 200-space parking lot. Tri-Rail opened a 400-space parking garage at the station – the first parking garage on the system – in October 2010 to ease a parking shortage. ==References==