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Commissioners back public-private plan to finish Manasota Beach Road and remove Keyway from thoroughfare plan
Summary
The board authorized staff to pursue an unsolicited public-private partnership proposal to complete Manasota Beach Road and voted to initiate removal of Keyway from the county major thoroughfare plan after extensive public comment raising environmental, utility and property-impact concerns.
The Sarasota Board of County Commissioners on April 23 authorized county staff to pursue an unsolicited public-private partnership under Florida Statute 336.71 for programming, design, permitting and construction of Manasota Beach Road and separately directed staff to initiate a comprehensive-plan amendment to remove Keyway from the county—s major thoroughfare plan.
Public Works Director and County Engineer Spencer Anderson presented the item and described the unsolicited proposal submitted by the Economic Stimulus Working Group, represented at the meeting by Pat Neal. Neal and project engineers said the proposal would build roughly two miles of roadway from east of State Road 776 across Welland Park into the City of North Port limits and reported lower construction estimates…
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