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Siesta Seen views of people living in condominiums on that side of the road, Patterson pointed out. The other formal vote the board took on the project last week authorized Chairman Charles Hines to send a letter to the Sarasota/ Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) board requesting a modification of a congestion mitigative project involving pedes- trian safety improvements on Beach Road at Beach Way Drive. On July 26, 2010, the MPO adopted the orig- inal project, which called for one new SCAT bus pullout lane and three bus shelters on Beach Road in the vicinity of Siesta Public Beach Park, a March 5 staff memo explained. Subsequently, preliminary engineering work on the project determined "bus pullout lanes are not feasible at any location" along the approximately half-mile segment of Beach Road adjacent to the park because of land- use constraints, the memo pointed out. Therefore, Blanchard told the commission- ers, SCAT staff was seeking the project modifications to put the focus on shelters and pedestrian access to those shelters. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) repre- sentatives have approved the revised project, the March 5 memo noted. Though Beach Road is a county route, FDOT provided the A graphic shows where new bus shelters and crosswalk improvements are planned near Siesta Public Beach. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader March 14, 2014 Page 96