Announcements:

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) made several presentations about the Anna Maria Island Bridge Project Development and Environment Study. They were presented as follows:

• Council of Governments - Wednesday, April 15, 4:00 p.m.
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• Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) - Monday, May 4, 9:30 a.m.
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• Manatee County Board of County Commissioners – Tuesday, May 5, 9:00 a.m.
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• Sarasota/Manatee MPO Citizens Advisory Committee – Thursday, June 4, 6:00 p.m.
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• Sarasota/Manatee MPO Technical Advisory Committee – Monday, June 8, 10:00 a.m.
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A Public Hearing was held March 26, 2009! For more information please click here.

(Updated June 9, 2009)

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District One is conducting a project development and environment (PD&E) study of the Anna Maria Island Bridge on State Road (S.R.) 64 in Manatee County, Florida. The limits of the study are from S.R. 789 to Perico Bay Boulevard, a distance of about two miles. Please see the study location map.

The study will conclude with a determination of whether the bridge will be replaced and, if so, the type of structure that would be built. The existing bridge is over 50 years old and has been classified as obsolete with regard to lack of shoulders, up-to-date barrier walls, and pedestrian and bicycle amenities.

The PD&E study is expected to be completed in spring 2009. Engineering and environmental data have been collected. An analysis of various two-lane replacement alternatives, including drawbridge and fixed bridge designs with varying heights above Sarasota Pass, and the no-build alternative followed. Alternatives were presented to the public and government officials at an information workshop and a public hearing.

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