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Longboat Key, county and FDOT urged to coordinate on Gulf Drive/Cortez intersection, Coquina parking and multimodal options
Summary
Longboat Key officials told Manatee County that reducing drawbridge openings at Cortez and addressing the Gulf Drive/Cortez Road intersection and Coquina Beach parking are essential to relieve seasonal congestion; potential fixes include reconfigured parking, channelized crossings, limited access points and improved regional transit/ferry links.
Longboat Key officials urged Manatee County to work with FDOT and Bradenton Beach on a coordinated set of fixes for the Gulf Drive corridor that connects to the Cortez Bridge, arguing the corridor’s multiple sources of “friction” are driving severe seasonal congestion.
Town staff and commissioners described four compounding factors: the Cortez Bridge drawbridge openings (to be addressed by a fixed replacement funded by FDOT and estimated at $115,000,000), the constrained Gulf Drive/Cortez Road intersection, roadside beach…
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