Sarasota County - Economic Stimulus
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Roads |
The Florida Department of Transportation made
recommendations to the state legislature on high priority road
improvement projects that met the criteria outlined by the
federal government for Recovery Act stimulus funding. The
following projects were approved by the legislature to be
constructed in the near future.
- Road projects in Unincorporated Sarasota
County
- Widening of U.S. 301 from Myrtle Avenue
to DeSoto Road from four to six lanes
ARRA Funding: $15,700,633 Total Project Cost:
$16,210,025
- Resurfacing of University Parkway
from U.S. 301 to I-75
ARRA Funding: $2,148,068 Total Project Cost: $5,344,811
- Resurfacing of
University Parkway from U.S. 41 to U.S. 301
ARRA Funding: $753,068 Total Project Cost: $2,006,963
- Resurfacing of Venice Avenue from
Ramsey to Jacaranda Boulevard
ARRA Funding: $816,068 Total Project Cost: $1,248,538
- Resurfacing of Cattlemen Road from
Bahia Vista to south of Fruitville Road
ARRA Funding: $395,068 Total Project Cost: $876,707
- Road projects in the city of North Port
- Addition of a left turn
lane, improvements to the intersection, widening bridge
and resurfacing at Sumter Boulevard from Hansard Avenue
to City Center Boulevard.
ARRA Funding: $1,448,068 Total Project Cost: $15,640,000
- Road projects in the city of Sarasota
- Siesta Drive drainage improvements
between north Siesta and Henson Bayou bridges
ARRA Funding: $1,053,068 Total Project Cost: $1,539,468
- Road projects in the city of Venice
- Intersection improvements at Venice
Avenue and Harbor Drive
ARRA Funding: $455,000 Total Project Cost: $522,061
- Road projects in the Town of Longboat Key
- Landscaping along S.R.-789
ARRA Funding: $500,000 Total Project Cost: $506,000
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