Echo Lake’s Richard Brenner was so fed up with traffic and safety concerns at the intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Wood Fern Trail that he reached out to his local representative, Commissioner Bob McCann, to request a traffic light.
He told McCann the intersection is “a real mess,” especially when school is in session and parents are picking up their children from B.D. Gullet Elementary School and Dr. Mona Jain Middle School.
Brenner said a lot of southbound drivers on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard choose to pass Wood Fern Trail because it’s too difficult to turn left. Instead, drivers u-turn at the light at 44th Avenue East and backtrack to access Wood Fern Trail…