FDOT is evaluating future repair, rehabilitation or replacement of the existing, two-lane Cortez Bridge. Replacement alternatives include a low-level drawbridge, a mid-level drawbridge and a high-level fixed bridge within the existing corridor. ...

 

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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District One, is hosting an alternatives public meeting as part of the Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study for Cortez Bridge on State Road (SR) 684 in Manatee County, Florida. The study limits are SR 684 (Cortez Road) from SR 789 (Gulf Drive) to 123rd Street West, a distance of about one mile. FDOT invites all members of the public to attend.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, August 28, 2014, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

PLACE: St. Bernard Catholic Church activity center, 248 South Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: FDOT is evaluating future repair, rehabilitation or replacement of the existing, two-lane Cortez Bridge. Replacement alternatives include a low-level drawbridge, a mid-level drawbridge and a high-level fixed bridge within the existing corridor.

The meeting will be an open house format where people can ask questions and provide comments to FDOT representatives in a one-on-one setting. A video will explain the various alternatives.

Interested people can complete a comment sheet at the meeting or mail it to FDOT by September 8, 2014.

FDOT solicits public participation without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. People who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or who require translation services (free of charge) should contact FDOT project manager Tony Sherrard at [phone] or [e-mail] at least seven days prior to the public meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Department of Transportation using the Florida Relay Service, 1 [phone] (TDD) or 1 [phone] (Voice).

For more information about the project or the public meeting, please contact Mr. Sherrard at the phone number or email address listed above.