Construction equipment is staged at the former Seafood Shack property in preparation for the bridge replacement project to begin. – Leslie Lake | Sun
CORTEZ – Despite objections voiced by residents who said they were misled about how a portion of a county-owned property would be used, Manatee County commissioners voted 5-1 in favor of executing a license agreement with the Cortez Bridge contractor, SEMA Construction, to use county-owned land as a construction staging area for four years.
Commissioner Jason Bearden cast the lone dissenting vote during the Oct. 20 county commission meeting…