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Phase 1 of the work should be ready for the board's award later this month, with the work to be completed by the end of the year. According to a slide recapping that part of the project, an eastbound right-turn lane will be added, the existing eastbound left-turn lane will be extended and sidewalks will be installed from U.S. 301 to the first bridge west of U.S. 301. Phase 2, Brownman pointed out, will include the design of the full cross-section of the street with all the planned new features, but the construction work the county has bud- geted will encompass sidewalks on just one side of the road, along with stormwater and lighting improvements. The design work should be completed this summer, Brownman continued, with right of way acquisition beginning in October and construction starting in October 2015. Then Mason asked about the bike lanes. That was a feature still under evaluation, Brownman told her. Thai Tran, a program manager in the Public Works Department, reminded the commis- sioners that the Sarasota City Commission, in collaboration with the County Commission, approved the sidewalk on one side of the street and lighting for Phase 2. That decision was made in a joint session of the boards held April 17, 2012. A map shows the area where improvements will be made to Myrtle Street in Sarasota. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 4, 2014 Page 53