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current fiscal year, giving the county 183 alto- gether by Sept. 30. Cindy Zambella, the SCAT fiscal analyst, explained that that would mean 10 percent of the bus stops would have covered structures. When Carter told the board in January 2013 that the average cost of a shelter was $40,000, Hines pointed out, "That just blew us all away. … Let's keep working through this and find the best way to go on this program in the future." SHELTER SITE SELECTION Although the County Commission late last year gave Carter a directive to focus atten- tion on the "low-hanging fruit" for shelters A chart shows the projections for shelter projects to be completed from the current fiscal year through the 2018 fiscal year. Image courtesy Sarasota County Less than 10 percent of the county's bus stops have shelters. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader February 21, 2014 Page 64