SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Transportation is studying plans to replace the Longboat Key Bridge with a taller, fixed-span structure that would eliminate the existing drawbridge ...

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FDOT is giving the public a chance to see what a new bridge could mean for Longboat Key.

The process is very early on, but Longboat Key staff have begun discussions with FDOT about what it would take to expand the ...

I guarantee you when I was … literally hanging under a helicopter above the Florida Keys over the Seven Mile Bridge in Florida, I did not imagine I’d be sitting in New York City that many years later ...

These 11 state parks offer amazing natural beauty and peaceful escapes! Picture a massive hole in the ground that looks like ...

Plans to build a roundabout at Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive on the north end of Longboat Key are advancing as state transportation officials ...

Monroe County Mayor Michelle Lincoln and Commissioner Jim Scholl were among the local officials who recently took a tour of the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 6 management center in ...

FDOT’s public-hearing handout compares the numbers and environmental impacts for each bridge option and comes down in favor of the high-level fixed span on cost. The agency estimates construction at ...

MARATHON — City Attorney Steve Williams was selected unanimously March 10 to serve as interim city manager following the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A pair of bills have been submitted to Florida lawmakers this legislative session that would, if passed, toughen laws on distracted driving. A representative from Hands-Free Florida says ...

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