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Commission redirects School Avenue Greenway funds to multimodal trail bucket

5899001 · October 6, 2025
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Summary

After neighborhood opposition and a feasibility update, the City Commission voted unanimously to move available multimodal transportation impact fee money from the School Avenue Greenway to a citywide “multimodal trail network” bucket that will help fund Circus Trail extension and a North Sarasota Legacy Trail feasibility study.

Sarasota City commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 6 to reallocate available multimodal transportation impact fee funding from the School Avenue Greenway to a broader “expansion of the city multimodal trail network” program.

The move came after city transportation staff presented results of a feasibility review for the School Avenue Greenway and outlined other projects eligible for the same funding, including the Circus Trail extension and a potential North Sarasota Legacy Trail connector study. Senior Transportation Planner Corinne Arriaga and Chief Transportation Planner Alvy Marie Corrales Quadrado told the commission the impact fees can only be used for projects that add new capacity…

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