Monday, January 30, 2012

Streetscape Plans Readying for Approval

When the Community Redevelopment Agency meets Feb. 7, an overhauled downtown Sarasota streetscape plan that costs $4.4 million will be in front of them to consider.
The plan has seen tweaks at the Downtown Improvement District meetings this past month as well as at a Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board meeting Thursday where the city's chief planner Steven Stancel laid out the proposal for the board's recommendation.
CRAAB voted to recommend the plan to the Community Redevelopment Agency to be accepted, subject to First and Main streets receive highest priority to be completed first. CRAAB member Valerie Buchand voted against the recommendation.
The plans feature a lot less brick — asphalt roads will be in each plan and concrete sidewalks with brick accents will be the norm for most of the plan.
Here's how the plan

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