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LMS Working Group LMS Transportation

7/30/2020

Existing Conditions & Future Transportation Solutions

• As part of the County efforts to

implement the LMS Community Plan the LMS Transportation network was examined

• Traffic impacts to Sundance

existed then and are increasing

• There exists only one option to

travel from HWY 41 between HWY 301

• Local traffic and Agricultural

traffic through Sundance is shortest route to destinations

Existing Conditions & Future Transportation Solutions

• The County evaluated

three alternatives

• A Lightfoot connection
• A Teco Property connection
• A Buckeye Connection

Existing Conditions & Future Transportation Solutions

• The County evaluated three

alternatives

• A Lightfoot connection
• A Teco Property connection
• A Buckeye Connection
• The Buckeye connection was

preferred but it didn’t prevent traffic from traveling through Sundance

• Sundance recent request to

make Sundance a gated community was denied

Taking a Regional View

• Manatee County

Development Projects

• Purple – Residential
• Blue – Mixed Use
• Orange - Commercial

Taking a Regional View

• Manatee County
• Fort Hamer Rd approx. 26

miles from Sarasota through Lakewood Ranch north to Hillsborough Co.

Consistent with the Community Plan

• “Regional

connectivity will be supported by providing access to roads that connect to a future Interstate‐75 Interchange, planning for a future commuter rail station and providing rapid bus systems. Walking, cycling and equestrian activities will be encouraged through a system

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trails located in natural areas that provide connectivity between residential and commercial areas.”

• Because

regionally significant transportation connections take upwards

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10 years to get approvals, it makes sense to explore all

• ptions

to find the best solution