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Siesta Seen The blank-out sign will light up with the direc- tive "No Turn on Red" only when pedestrians push a button at the crosswalk on Stickney Point Road to activate it, according to Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Public Information Officer Lauren Hatchell. That is the ongoing plan "as long as everything goes well," she stressed. On March 31, Hatchell called me with the news that an FDOT crew was scheduled to arrive at the site between 4:30 and 5 a.m. April 1 to take the necessary steps to ame- liorate the situation that has roused driver anger. The "No Turn on Red Sign" prompted a flood of agitated emails to county leaders, according to comments Commissioner Nora A steady stream of traffic heads both on and off Siesta Key via the Stickney Point bridge about 10:30 a.m. on April 1. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader April 4, 2014 Page 92