So there they were, dignitaries, officials, city staff members and politicians, sitting on an expensive bridge over a reclaimed lake at the Southeast Water Reclamation Facility.
It was Aug. 4 and Manatee County was celebrating the opening of the final segment of the 44th Avenue East Extension which hooks up the road from just west of Interstate 75 to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. A major piece of the puzzle was getting over the reclaimed lake.
The finished product will be heralded as a connector from Lakewood Ranch all the way to Anna Maria Island, which of course, it isn’t really…