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have been polled by FDOT about their design choices, Harriott explained. According to the chart he showed the com- missioners, nine of the 12 Gateway Lakes respondents, 25 of the 27 San Palermo residents and one of the three isolated home- owners responding to the FDOT survey want the wall. When Chairman Charles Hines asked where the request for the wall originated, Harriott pointed out that the Federal Highway Administration requires a sound impact study in conjunction with major new road projects. The county had to undertake one itself, he added, when it started planning to lengthen North Cattlemen Road in the same vicinity. A May 22 email to county staff from an FDOT noise specialist said, "As part of a design project for the widening of I-75 from north of Fruitville Road in Sarasota County to north of University Parkway in Manatee County, FDOT is considering a noise barrier along a segment of the west side of I-75." The County Commission joined the majority of residents in the affected area in endorsing an Ashlar stone design for the wall. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader July 18, 2014 Page 48