Manatee County commissioners unanimously voted Nov. 18 to authorize county staff to work on identifying streetscape projects along a stretch of U.S. 41.
Commissioners also authorized staff to develop specific recommendations on potential changes to the county’s land development code.
The decision takes the county into phases two and three of the Vision 41 beautification of Tamiami Trail project, a long-range effort to transform a high-speed auto-centric corridor beginning at the south county line just north of University Parkway into a more aesthetic multimodal corridor to improve safety, foster pride, boost economic development and promote sustainability…