More than half of money — $7 million — allocated for Lorraine Road widening south of Clark Road
On May 29, when the Florida Housse and Senate passed the state budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, which will begin on July 1, the document included $13,770,000 for projects in Sarasota County, including $7 million for part of the Lorraine Road extension and $2 million for dredging in Phillippi Creek, The Sarasota News Leader has learned.
Rob Lewis, Sarasota County’s director of governmental relations, provided the News Leader a list of all of the projects and the amounts awarded to them.
However, Lewis cautioned that he has no idea when Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to work on the annual veto list…