Sarasota News Leader
May 3, 2013
Page 46
But the price tag to acquire the roadbed and
build the pavement approached $100 million
for a service that would cut through the city's
poorest neighborhood. "It had the least land
use to support transit," said Paul.
paid for locally, since the federal government
paid for the first study. The Monday meeting
was advertised to seek community guidance,
but community presence was thin. The city's
new downtown economic coordinator attended, and he said he counted 20 people, of
A look at the three alternatives — U.S. 301, which 12 considered themselves "regulars" at
U.S. 41 or Old Bradenton Road — must be public meetings.
Graphics show proposed bus rapid transit corridors in Sarasota County. Image courtesy Sarasota
County
