Siesta Seen
COUNTY NOT EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER KEY ROADS FROM FDOT; USA
TODAY ASKING FOR VOTES ON BEST FLORIDA BEACH; EAT HERE OPENS
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor
Although talk has resurfaced recently about
Sarasota County possibly taking over the
maintenance of a state road segment on Siesta
Key, Commissioner Nora Patterson discounted any such move in the immediate future.
take over maintenance of state roads [just] for
us to lower a speed limit.���
For some time now, Walt Olson, representing
the Siesta Key Condominium Council, has lobbied for a lower speed limit on Midnight Pass
���Bottom line really for me,��� she said in late Road between the Beach Road and Stickney
December, ���it doesn���t make sense for us to Point Road intersections.
Six new pedestrian crosswalks ��� complete with flashing lights that can be activated as people prepare
to cross��� were completed on Midnight Pass Road last fall. File photo
