FDOT will present five-year program for projects in Sarasota County
Source: Sarasota News Leader, 12.6.24 Next week, the District One staff of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will conduct both in-person and virtual presentations on the department’s draft Tentative Five-Year Work Program — which includes improvements scheduled for Sarasota County — for fiscal years 2025-26 through 2029-30, FDOT has announced. In addition to changes at both the Sarasota and Venice airports, the program for Sarasota County includes changes to major roads (Clark, Bee Ridge) and to the Siesta Key bridge: Among the projects planned for Sarasota county: Addition of lanes at the Bee Ridge Road interchange with Interstate 75. Addition of lanes at the State Road 681 interchange with I-75. Addition of lanes at the Fruitville Road interchange with I-75. The replacement of the Little Ringling Bridge between Bird Key Drive and Sarasota Harbor West at an expense of close to $67.2 million in the 2028 fiscal year. Modification of the median on Clark Road between the Sw...