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Sarasota News Leader October 18, 2013 Page 73 U.S. 301 LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS UNDER WAY IN CITY Landscape enhancements are under way Periodic lane closures will be necessary during along U.S. 301 stretching from Mound Street the project, which is scheduled to be comto Myrtle Street, the City of Sarasota has pleted in December, the release continues. announced. Designated trees will be transplanted. A portion of Mound Street, north of the U.S. Additionally, "trees identified by a certified 301 split, also will be landscaped, a news arborist as diseased or unhealthy will be mitrelease says. igated," the release says. The improvements will include new trees, ground cover and shrubbery, the release The $842,000 project is being funded through adds. Irrigation systems also will be installed the Local Option Sales Tax II, which was and brick pavers will be placed along select approved by voters throughout Sarasota County in 1997, the release points out. medians, the release notes. An aerial map shows U.S. 301's split at Mound Street just south of downtown Sarasota. Image from Google Maps