Financial Management No.: 435471-1-11-01 Project Description: Public Alternatives Development Meeting- Coast-to-Coast Trail Sumter County Gap Study from Van Fleet State Trail to Withlacoochee State Trail In January 2015, FDOT commenced this ...

 

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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 5:00 p.m. ‒ 7:00 p.m., Open House; 5:30 p.m., Presentation

PLACE: Ridge Manor Community Center, 34240 Cortez Boulevard, Ridge Manor, FL 33523

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Financial Management No.: 435471-1-11-01.

Project Description: Public Alternatives Development Meeting- Coast-to-Coast Trail Sumter County Gap Study from Van Fleet State Trail to Withlacoochee State Trail

In January 2015, FDOT commenced this planning study to evaluate the feasibility of potential trail alignments for a proposed 20-mile, multiuse trail between the Withlacoochee State Trail and the Van Fleet State Trail. The primary goal of the study is to identify a trail alignment to “close the gap” of the largest missing segment in the cross-state Coast-to-Coast Connector Trail (C2C), a 250-mile regional trail system in Central Florida that connects the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County to the Atlantic Ocean in Brevard County. At the conclusion of the study, summer 2016, alternatives that best meet the project’s purpose and need will be selected as the Viable Trail Alternatives to be advanced to the subsequent phase, the Project Development and Environment Study.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Heather Garcia, FDOT Project Manager at 719 S. Woodland Boulevard, Deland, FL 32720 or via email at [e-mail].

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Sophia Villavicencio-Ortiz, Consultant Project Coordinator, by telephone at [phone] or by email at [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

For more information, you may contact: Heather Garcia, FDOT Project Manager at [e-mail] or visit the project website at www.cflroads.com.