Life is full of compromises, so Manatee County has come to a compromise when it comes to the Lena Road project.
Lena Road will connect from State Road 64 to State Road 70 as of Oct. 1, but it will not be the “urban corridor” that was initially planned as one of the “Big Six” road projects listed in the capital improvement plan.
Ogden Clark, communications coordinator for Public Works, said that part of the rationale for the compromise was that the opening of 44th Avenue East in August wouldn’t be as “impactful” without that additional north-south connector…