Sarasota has a love affair with the roundabout. The largest one is yet to come at US 41 and the base of the Ringling Bridge at Gulfstream Avenue. Longboat Town leaders are opposed.

When Mar Vista Restaurant’s valet service parks a car, things can get creative.

Engineer recommends to study the existing intersection with the triple left turn lane for one year.

The meters are an integral part of the City Commission’s funding plan to pay for the parking garage, which is costing $12 million. Downtown meters are next.

Spoll referred to the raised devices as traffic calming speed tables and encourages residents to cut through the residential neighborhoods around the Circle to show an element of protest against the plan if it manifests.

‘We ought to evaluate with a full season of traffic, before proceeding.’

The prospect of any road design that could impede exiting the island is troubling.

Part of the contention, especially for Longboat Key residents, is the specter of a roundabout that is not only planned, but already funded.

Commissioner Daly was assured by the FDOT that the roundabout will outperform the triple left turn lane.

Longboat officials say they are supportive of enhancing pedestrian connectivity but not at the cost of increasing traffic.