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Sarasota News Leader October 11, 2013 Page 57 Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. (SMR) to con- share" clause in the document. The develstruct certain roadways to serve both the oper will fund one of two possible projects. interior of the Villages and the project's traffic. SMR initially had focused on construction of two outer lanes of the future four-lane Iona SMR will pay for an east-west connector Road, between Fruitville Road and Palmer from Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to Lorraine Boulevard, but the county could opt instead Road through what the agreement terms "the for an east-west route that would include one Development of Regional Impact (DRI)." overpass of both Interstate 75 and Cattlemen It also is required to construct additional Road. The County Commission ultimately transportation improvements with a value would have to make that decision within the of $7.5 million through a "proportionate next three years. An alternate proposed project for the Villages initiative calls for an east-west overpass. Image courtesy Sarasota County