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Sarasota News Leader July 19, 2013 Page 62 MYRTLE AVENUE/BRADENTON ROAD TRAFFIC DISRUPTED As part of the City of Sarasota's Bradenton Road improvement project, traffic at the Myrtle Avenue/Bradenton Road intersection will be temporarily disrupted effective through today, July 19, the city has announced. The eastbound lane on Myrtle Avenue adjacent to the intersection will be closed while utility crews prepare to relocate a water line, a news release points out. Drivers will not be able to approach the intersection while driving eastbound on Myrtle Avenue. Likewise, motorists northbound or southbound on Bradenton Road will not be able to turn eastbound onto Myrtle Avenue, the release adds. a water line along a 1.5-mile stretch of Bradenton Road, which will require nearby residents to be placed under a boil water advisory, the release notes. Residents will be notified via door hangers before the advisory goes into effect and after the advisory is lifted. Approximately 11 boil water advisory notices are anticipated along different portions of Bradenton Road as the project moves forward, the release continues. The first advisory is expected to occur within the next two weeks. As part of the improvement project, Old Bradenton Road will be reconfigured into a two lane divided roadway with a 5-foot raised median with landscaping and drip irrigation, and roundabouts will be constructed at Myrtle Avenue as well as 47th Street. Although Bradenton Road from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way to University Parkway will Residents are asked to be patient during this remain open during the improvement project, project, which is expected to be completed in drivers are strongly encouraged to use alter- January 2014, the release continues. nate routes, the release says. Register to receive email updates on the project When the eastbound Myrtle Avenue lane re- by visiting www.SarasotaGov.com. Also, folopens, utility crews will continue to relocate low the progress on Twitter @CityofSarasota. STOP THE VIOLENCE CELEBRITY GAME PLANNED FOR JULY 19 Sarasota native and Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields and Bradenton native and Denver Broncos cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, will be among the participants in the Stop the Violence Celebrity Basketball Fundraiser to be held today, July 19, at Booker High School, the Sarasota Police Department has announced on non-violence and community building, the release adds. Admission is $5. All proceeds will go toward funding youth programs at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, the release notes. "We do our best to convey to our youth that violence is not the path for them to reach their full potential," said Jerry Fogle, Taylor ComThe gates will open at 6 p.m. for the fundrais- plex manager, in the release. er; tipoff is set for 7 p.m., a news release says. Booker High School is located at 3201 N. OrThe family event has been designed to focus ange Ave. in Sarasota.