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County: MANATEEMay 8, 2019 MPO members, I have read over and over about the Florida Department of Transportation’s plan to replace the current Cortez Road drawbridge with a “high” fixed bridge. The bridge that the FDOT proposes to build will improve traffic flow somewhat due to no bridge openings, but it doesn’t address the main issue. Traffic flowing either way on Cortez Road can be very congested and sometimes almost gridlocked at the intersection of Cortez Road and Gulf Drive with traffic going to or from Longboat Key and Coquina Beach. Before supporting the FDOT proposed bridge consider instead constructing a causeway/bridge from the current mainland bridge entrance that would turn generally south and rise over the Intracoastal Waterway and turn again to couple with Gulf Drive at Coquina Beach. Longboat Key and Coquina Beach traffic that now must travel slowly through Bradenton Beach would flow directly onto Cortez Road via this new causeway/bridge. There would be no gridlock at the current junction of Cortez Road and Gulf Drive because there will be no intersection. And with fewer cars Island traffic bound for the Bridge Street area or Coquina Beach would improve dramatically. The Village of Cortez would see minimal impact with this causeway instead of the current plan which would involve major destruction of parts of the western portion of this historic, funky fishing village.
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County: MANATEEin Northbound lanes they have a wave in them like wheel out of balance, only in northbound lanes in passing lane, was like this since repaving the last time.
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May 8, 2019
MPO members,
I have read over and over about the Florida Department of Transportation’s plan to replace the current Cortez Road drawbridge with a “high” fixed bridge. The bridge that the FDOT proposes to build will improve traffic flow somewhat due to no bridge openings, but it doesn’t address the main issue. Traffic flowing either way on Cortez Road can be very congested and sometimes almost gridlocked at the intersection of Cortez Road and Gulf Drive with traffic going to or from Longboat Key and Coquina Beach. Before supporting the FDOT proposed bridge consider instead constructing a causeway/bridge from the current mainland bridge entrance that would turn generally south and rise over the Intracoastal Waterway and turn again to couple with Gulf Drive at Coquina Beach. Longboat Key and Coquina Beach traffic that now must travel slowly through Bradenton Beach would flow directly onto Cortez Road via this new causeway/bridge. There would be no gridlock at the current junction of Cortez Road and Gulf Drive because there will be no intersection. And with fewer cars Island traffic bound for the Bridge Street area or Coquina Beach would improve dramatically. The Village of Cortez would see minimal impact with this causeway instead of the current plan which would involve major destruction of parts of the western portion of this historic, funky fishing village.
in Northbound lanes they have a wave in them like wheel out of balance, only in northbound lanes in passing lane, was like this since repaving the last time.