City Commits $3.1 Million Toward Utility Burial on Lido, St. Armands

City commits $3.1 million toward utility burial on Lido, St. Armands

Residents on St Armands and Lido keys, seeking greater resilience from the increasing frequency of catastrophic storms, asked the city to consider burying utility lines and charging them a special assessment to pay for it.The Sarasota City Commission took the necessary first step on Monday by unanimously approving the first of two phases of a not-to-exceed $8 million project — one that puts the city on the hook for $3.17 million should the proje…

Utility work continues on city pier - The Anna Maria Islander

Construction materials July 14 litter the base of the Anna Maria City Pier, where Tampa Bay Marine is progressing on the installation of electrical panels that will feed power to the pier. A second contractor, Anna Maria-based Tangerine Group, soon will begin demolition and remediation work on the T-end of the pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd. Mayor Mark Short wrote in a July 17 email to The Islander that the city was “awaiting delivery of protective mats …