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Residents urge better trail connections, street lighting and dredging; neighborhood leaders press county, city for action
Summary
During the meeting's public comment period, speakers urged officials to prioritize a Legacy Trail connection through Bobby Jones and Seventeenth Street Regional Park, accelerate street‑lighting and drainage repairs on Benjamin Franklin Drive and Lido Key, and press for dredging of Whitaker Bayou and resolution of the US Recycle site.
Multiple residents used the joint meeting’s public comment period to press city and county officials on local transportation, drainage and environmental concerns.
Charles Hines of the Florida Gulf Coast Trail Trust urged that plans for Bobby Jones and Seventeenth Street Regional Park keep the Legacy Trail connection in mind. "What's gonna make Bobby Jones and Seventeenth Street Park really, really unique and special is a Florida Gulf Coast Trail going through those 2 parks and connecting UTC to Downtown Sarasota and Venice," Hines said.
Frances Bermudez…
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