The Sumter County Board of County Commissioners will be hosting a Public Hearing for the Preliminary Engineering Study for widening of CR 501, from C-470 to C-468 in Sumter County, Florida. The Public Hearing will begin as an open house at 4:00 p.m. with a formal presentation at 5:00 p.m., followed by a public comment period. This hearing is being conducted to afford interested persons an opportunity to express their views concerning the location, conceptual design, social, economic and environmental effects of the proposed project alternatives for the study.