Work begins to widen Legacy Trail near downtown Sarasota

Work begins to widen Legacy Trail near downtown Sarasota

Construction is under way on a 6-foot-wide second lane of the Legacy Trail near downtown, adding capacity and safety to the popular rails-to-trails byway.The initial phase of the 1.4-mile project runs from Shade Avenue to Beneva Road and will run past the Pompano Trailhead, adjacent to Robarts Arena and the Babe Ruth baseball complex.Though probably not rigidly enforced as a bikes on one side, pedestrians on the other arrangement, the expansion …